Beautiful crescent
Subtitle: a history of New Orleans
By: by Joan B. Garvey and Mary Lou Widmer ; foreword by Jane Molony
Contributors: Widmer, Mary Lou, 1926-; Spiess, Kathy Chappetta; Wildenfels, Karen Chappetta
Edition: 1st Pelican ed. / edited and updated by Kathy Chappetta Spiess and Karen Chappetta Wildenfels.
Publisher: Pelican Pub. Co.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Gretna, La
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781455617425; 9781455617432
Subjects: History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The part the river played; title: Discovery and exploration; title: The French period; title: The Spanish period; title: On becoming American (1803-1815); title: Progress in a period of peace (1820-1860); title: Customs, carnival, and cemeteries; title: New Orleans, an occupied city (1862-1876); title: Rebirth and resurgence (1865-1930); title: Growth in a modern city (after 1930); title: New Orleans today.