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If you want to learn about New Orleans, the most knowledge can be found between the pages of a good book. While that’s true of many things, it’s absolutely on point when referring to New Orleans.
The Crescent City has been immortalized in tomes since its creation. This article will show you some great books to increase your knowledge about Louisiana’s largest city and its culture.
New Orleans is one of the most renown destinations in books, from the settings in Agatha Christie novels to major poems, movies like A Streetcar Named Desire and countless historical books.
Let’s get into some great Nola-centric books for you to check out.
Written by travel experts Diana K. Schwam and Lavinia Spalding, Frommer’s EasyGuide to New Orleans gives readers a glimpse of the city in a way that the everyday tourist would never see.
Originally published in 1930, this historical novel for girls aged 7 to 12 is set in New Orleans at the time of the War of 1812
Lavishly illustrated with more than 200 photographs, Obituary Cocktail’s pictorial history provides a look into the architectural and cultural treasures of the city’s great watering holes.
If you’re an aspiring musician or even a well-seasoned one, this book gives an in-depth view of playing New Orleans-style trumpet.
Looking to cook New Orleans-style? This book offers instructional guide for 120 recipes for classic New Orleans cooking, from James Beard Award-winning chef and restaurateur Justin Devillier.
This account from none other than freedom rights activist Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (1862–1931) tells of the atmosphere during one of the most tumultuous times in the nation’s and city’s history.
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