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Celebrating the Tricentennial: Fantastic Books about New Orleans

A collection of outstanding nonfiction titles about the history of New Orleans. Also included are a collection of websites dedicated to the tricentennial.

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  • A.D.

    New Orleans After the Deluge

    Neufeld, Josh
    Book, 2009New York : Pantheon Books, c2009. — La 741.5 Neu
  • Book, 2012Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, c2012. — La 976.335 Pow
  • All on a Mardi Gras Day

    Episodes in the History of New Orleans Carnival

    Mitchell, Reid
    Book, 1999Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 1999. — La 394.25 Mit
  • Book, 2013Gretna, La. : Pelican Pub. Co., 2013. — La 976.335 Gar
  • Bienville's New Orleans

    a French Colonial Capital, 1718-1768

    Wilson, Samuel, 1911-
    Book, 1968[New Orleans] : Friends of the Cabildo, [1968] — La 720.9 Wil
  • Book, 2014Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2014. — La 976.335 Cam
  • Building the Land of Dreams

    New Orleans and the Transformation of Early America

    Faber, Eberhard L., 1966-
    Book, 2016Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016] — La 976.335 Fab
  • City of the Dead

    a Journey Through St. Louis Cemetery #1, New Orleans, Louisiana

    Florence, Robert,
    Book, 1996Lafayette, LA : Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana, ©1996. — La 976.335 Flo
  • Delirious New Orleans

    Manifesto for An Extraordinary American City

    Verderber, Stephen
    Book, 2009Austin : University of Texas Press, 2009. — La 720.9763 Ver
  • Empire of Sin

    a Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans

    Krist, Gary
    Book, 2014New York : Crown, [2014] — La 976.335 Kri
  • Hope & New Orleans

    a History of Crescent City Street Names

    Asher, Sally
    Book, 2014Charleston, SC : History Press, 2014. — La 917.6335 Ash
  • New Orleans After the Civil War

    Race, Politics, and a New Birth of Freedom

    Nystrom, Justin A.
    Book, 2015Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015. — La 976.335 Nys
  • New Orleans Unmasqued

    Being a Wagwit's Sketches of a Singular American City

    Starr, S. Frederick,
    Book, 1985New Orleans : Édition Dedeaux, c1985. — La 976.335 Sta
  • Tom Fitzmorris's Hungry Town

    a Culinary History of New Orleans, the City Where Food Is Almost Everything

    Fitzmorris, Tom, 1951-
    Book, 2010New York : Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2010. — La 641.5976 Fit