The French quarter
Subtitle: an informal history of the New Orleans underworld
By: by Herbert Asbury
Edition: Capricorn Books edition.
Publisher: Capricorn Books
Published: 1968
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 455
Subjects: Social conditions; Moral conditions; Crime; Criminals; History
Description: "New Orleans in its golden age of spectacular wickedness gained full stature as a city of sin and gaiety unique on the North American continent. Contributing to that sinful stature were river gamblers, pirates, Creoles, politicians, practitioners of voodoo, and the ladies of Basin Street and Storyville"--Back cover.
Notes: Reprint of the 1936 ed. published by A.A. Knopf, New York.

Includes bibliographical references and index.