French Quarter
Subtitle: An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld
Publisher: Buccaneer Books
Published: December 1989
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 462
ISBN-13: 9780880294300
Subjects: Social issues; United States - South - West South Central (General); Travel - United States; Social Deviance
First sentence: THE DEVELOPMENT of the New Orleans of legend and tradition began during the administration of the French Governor the Marquis de Vaudreuil (1743-53), with its gaudy social functions, widespread governmental corruption, and the tolerance with which lapses from the strict moral code were regarded.