The year before the flood : a story of New Orleans by Sublette, Ned, 1951- instant download

The year before the flood : a story of New Orleans by Sublette, Ned, 1951- instant download

xii, 452 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm, This account combines personal memoir, historical research, and on-the-ground reporting to trace a suspenseful arc through the last year New Orleans was whole, Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-429) and index, Jump Jim Crow -- Are you a yankee or are you a rebel? -- The good darkey -- Made out of mud -- Tell it like it is -- Constance street -- Ivan the terrible -- Elysian blues -- The kalunga line -- Creative destruction -- Whips and ice -- The day of the dead -- The blizzard of '04 -- King Kong -- The heart of the pranks -- The wild west -- The end is near so drink a beer -- Frankly, I doubt any of it happened -- The strain of the festival -- Super Sunday -- A murder summer -- Fats Domino's book of knowledge