Nine lives
Subtitle: death and life in New Orleans
By: Dan Baum.
Publisher: Spiegel and Grau
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9780385523196
Subjects: City and town life -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Anecdotes; Interviews -- Louisiana -- New Orleans; New Orleans (La.) -- Biography; New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions -- Anecdotes; New Orleans (La.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes
Genres: Anecdotes.; Biography.
Description: "Nine Lives" explores New Orleans through the lives of nine characters over 40 years, bracketed by two epic hurricanes. It brings back to life the doomed city, its wondrous subcultures, and the rich and colorful lives that played themselves out within its borders.