The French Quarter
Subtitle: An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld
By: by Herbert Asbury.
Edition: printing (1)
Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 462
ISBN-13: 9781560254942
Copyright date: 2003
Subjects: Crime -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History; Gambling -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History; Prostitution -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History; Vieux Carré (New Orleans, La.) -- History; New Orleans (La.) -- History; New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions; New Orleans (La.) -- Moral conditions
Description: Home to the notorious "Blue Book," which indexed the names and addresses of every prostitute living in the city, New Orleans' infamous red light district gained a reputation as one of the most raucous in the world. But New Orleans' underworld consisted of much more than the local bordellos. It was also well known as the early gambling capital of the U.S., and sported one of the most violent records of street crime in the country. In The French Quarter, Herbert Asbury details the immense underbelly of "The Big Easy," from the murderous exploits of Mary Jane "Bricktop" Jackson and Bridget Fury, two notorious prostitutes whose fits of violent rage were legendary, to the revolutionary "filibusters;" soldiers-of-fortune, who, backed by hundreds of thousands of dollars of public support, (but without governmental approval) undertook military missions to take over the bordering Spanish regions in Texas.
(back cover)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1936.