Hope and New Orleans
Subtitle: a history of Crescent City street names
By: Sally Asher
Series: Landmarks
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9781626190535
Subjects: Street names; History; Geographical Names; Guidebooks
Description: "Discover the history behind some of the most fascinating street names in New Orleans"--
Table of contents: title: From flags to flag boys : the explorers and the founders; title: Heads of crowns to crowns of thorns : bastards, saints and sovereigns; title: Exquisite nepotism : plantation belles and the landowners who loved them; title: Silver tongues, silver tips and silver keys : politicians, pirates and prodigies; title: Glorious fighters : military heroes and civic leaders; title: Crescent creators : the planners, the dreamers and the givers; title: Whimsical reality : the contrived, the fanciful and the practical.