Wildsam Field Guides: New Orleans

by Taylor Bruce (Editor), Scott Campbell (Illustrator)

Overview

Wildsam Field Guides: New Orleans leads travelers into the most authentic experience of the one-of-a-kind Louisiana city, working closely with an eclectic team of trusted locals. Contributors include journalists, chefs, jazz musicians, shop owners, historic preservationists, fishermen, politicians and artisans, among others. Topics in the handsome volume include jazz funerals, architecture, Creole cooking, the slave trade, cemeteries, cocktails, floods, ghosts and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781495112850
Publisher:	Wildsam Publishing
Publication date:	11/01/2014
Series:	American City Guide Series
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	3.80(w) x 6.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Taylor Bruce is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Wildsam Field Guides. He grew up on his family farm on the border of Georgia and Alabama. Taylor studied writing at Vanderbilt University, and, after, wrote freelance for magazines such as Men's Journal, Oxford American and National Geographic Adventure, among others. He took a full-time writer's post at Southern Living in 2007. After moving to New York and pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at Brooklyn College, Taylor launched Wildsam out of his 500-square foot apartment in 2012. The original Nashville guide caught the attention of national media and thoughtful travelers alike, and in 2015, National Geographic awarded Wildsam the "Traveler 50" award. Taylor lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Robin, and two sons, Booker and Truett.

Table of Contents

1 - Welcome and City Essentials including Hotels, Coffee Shops, Recommended Reading, Calendar of Annual Events, Weekend Itinerary, Foodway, Radio, Popular Music, City Statistics

2 - Bests Lists including Favorite restaurants, bars, shops, city activities, and local experts

3 - City Almanac of New Orleans history in the form of letters, newspaper articles, speech excerpts, journal entries, etc, covering jazz heroes, Mardi Gras, slave culture, Tennessee Williams, the River, the French Quarter and more

4 - Illustrated Maps covering the subjects of the classic cuisine, live music, city beauty, Louisiana day trips, parades, and best bars

5 - Interviews with locals including a seasoned chef, a sax repair man, a jailhouse lawyer, a preservationist and more

6 - Essays from local writers about the broader narrative of the city including the local food critic, a young historian, an investigative journalist, and s short story from William Faulkner

Editorial Reviews

"For tireless seekers of the authentic." WALL STREET JOURNAL

"This is the freshest-feeling guidebook since On The Road, that Kerouac thing. And Bruce’s has better drawings." - PASTE

"Unlike traditional guidebooks that list the same old must-see sights and touristy neighborhoods, this new series, entitled Wildsam Field Guides, gets at the soul of a city." - CONDE NAST TRAVELER

"An intricate portrait of place; part guide, part tribute, part artwork." - CEREAL

"Your grandpa’s guidebook…loaded with local interviews, lore, hand-drawn maps, and city secrets. Wildsam launched its charmingly throwback series in 2012." - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER

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