The French Quarter: An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld by Herbert Asbury

The French Quarter: An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld

Herbert Asbury

512 pages first pub 1936 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime informative slow-paced
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Home to the notorious "Blue Book," which listed the names and addresses of every prostitute living in the city, New Orleans's infamous red-light district gained a reputation as one of the most raucous in the world. But the New Orleans underworld c...

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