Houses built to resemble riverboats, the finest business hall in the world, a meteorite in a golf course, a back alley that serves as a portal of the voodoo afterwold, a 1960's time capsule, a house made of 1200 glass ashtrays, Lee Harvey ...
Author: Christian Champagne
Publisher: Jonglez Publishing
ISBN: 2361951681
Category: Travel
Page: 239
View: 313
Far from the crowds and the usual cliches, New Orleans offers countless off-beat experiences and is home to any number of well-hidden treasures that are revealed only to residents and travellers who find their way off the beaten track. Houses built to resemble riverboats, the finest business hall in the world, a meteorite in a golf course, a back ......
The History, Spirit & Secrets of Mardi Gras Rosary O'Neill. Chapter. 10. Secret.
Political. Societies,. 1857–1900. The winning mentality that currently claims New Orleans directly opposes the mindset of the past 135 years. This chapter studies
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Author: Rosary O'Neill
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9781625846099
Category: History
Page: 241
View: 250
“The traditions, the secret societies and the history of how New Orleans and Mardi Gras came to be as integral to each other as red beans and rice” (Blogcritics). New Orleans is practically synonymous with Mardi Gras. Both evoke the parades, the beads, the costumes, the food—the pomp and circumstance. The carnival krewes are the backbone of this Big Easy tradition. Every year, different krewes put on extravagant parties and celebrations to commemorate the beginning of the Lenten season. Historic krewes like Comus, Rex, and Zulu that date back generations are intertwined with the greater history of New Orleans itself. Today, new krewes are inaugurated and widen a once exclusive part of New Orleans society. Through careful and detailed research of over three hundred sources, including fifty interviews with members of these organizations, author and New Orleans native Rosary O’Neill explores this storied institution, its antebellum roots and its effects in the twenty-first century. Includes photos! “[A] spirited and richly illustrated account.” —New York Theatre Wire
There is a secret hidden in the heart of New Orleans, a secret hidden in plain
sight but ignored by all but the secret citizens themselves. Before Bienville
arrived in this area in 1718, Native American scouts informed the adventurous
Frenchman ...
apartment in New Orleans they “shook Oswald's library cardoutof one of Ferrie's3
,000 books.” (Thereport, noranything else about it, ever appeared again.)In 1968,
Mrs. Doris Eames told NewOrleans district attorney investigators that “Ferrie ...
Author: H. Albarelli, Jr.
Publisher: Trine Day
ISBN: 9781936296569
Category: History
Page: 488
View: 300
Reporting new and never-before-published information about the assassination of John F. Kennedy, this investigation dives straight into the deep end, and seeks to prove the CIA’s involvement in one of the most controversial topics in American history. Featuring intelligence gathered from CIA agents who reported their involvement in the assassination, the case is broken wide open while covering unexplored ground. Gritty details about the assassination are interlaced throughout, while primary and secondary players to the murder are revealed in the in-depth analysis. Although a tremendous amount has been written in the nearly five decades since the assassination, there has never been, until now, a publication to explore the aspects of the case that seemed to defy explanation or logic.
The following general order explains the secret : “ New Orleans , August 4 , 1862
. " It appears that the need of relief to the destitute poor of the city requires more
extended measures and greater outlay than have yet been made . “ It becomes a
...
The following general order explains the secret : “ NEW ORLEANS , August 4 ,
1862 . " It appears that the need of relief to the destitute poor of the city requires
more extended measures and greater outlay than have yet been made .
The following general order explains the secret : “ New ORLEANS , August 4 ,
1862 . " It appears that the need of relief to the destitute poor of the city requires
more extended measures and greater outlay than have yet been made .
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of LordsPublish On: 1848
The New Orleans cotton , I consider , has a much larger yield than the native
cotton in that district ; I take the yield at 350 lbs . per acre of seeded cotton ; of that
one - third part is wool , and allowing for the waste in cleaning it , an acre will ...
They abound in verandas, balconies, and galleries, which give to New Orleans a
peculiarly mellow and elastic look, much more alluring than the cold, naked
architecture of northern cities. My new friend lived in this district, as befits a
merchant ...
Others were skeptical , fearing there was a hidden agenda . ... In his
autobiography , Who Killed Martin Luther King ?, Ray said he went to New Orleans to meet a man named Raul , a mysterious underworld contact Ray
claimed had hired him ...
Author: James Dickerson
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
ISBN: 0765603403
Category: Social Science
Page: 249
View: 694
After the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling in 1954 mandated the desegregation of schools nationwide, the legislature in the state of Mississippi created the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, the basic mission of which was to prevent integration in that state. This book is an investigative history of the Commission, other government agencies (including the FBI), and organized crime, all of which conspired to break the law in dealing with civil-rights and antiwar activists during the 1950s and 1960s. The author uncovers new information about the efforts of FBI agents to combat integration and exposes the longest-running conspiracy in American history.
ROUGH DIAMONDS REVEALED New Orleans has her hard edges. ... 9. SECRET. SPOTS. >NEW ORLEANS CALENDAR And this month we have: party
in. NEW ORLEANS >22 HIGHLIGHTS > SECRET SPOTS >9 Rough diamonds
revealed.
Author: Adam Karlin
Publisher: Lonely Planet
ISBN: 9781742205083
Category: Travel
Page: 168
View: 688
What Will Your New Orleans Encounter Be? Gallery hopping and beer swilling with Southern art lovers in the Warehouse District Admiring lush garden-shrouded mansions in the Garden District Loosening your belt after feasting on praline bacon, duck-fat-fried chicken and waffles, alligator sausage cheesecake, and peanut butter bacon burgers Snagging a truckload of beads in exchange for showing your, um, spirit at a Mardi Gras parade Discovering the meaning of YURP, and witnessing how they're rebuilding - even re-creating - their home Hitching a ride on a steamboat for a dinner cruise along the Big Muddy Discover Twice the City in Half the Time Full-color pull-out map and detailed neighborhood maps for easy navigation Our expert author recommends the very best restaurants, shops, festivals and bars Unique itineraries and highlights help you make the most of a short trip Local perspectives: meet a member of the Arts Council of New Orleans, a project manager committed to sustainable landscapes, and 'Big Chief Cheyenne' of the Young Cheyenne Mardi Gras Indians
Tanner hung up the phone; he'd been talking to the New Orleans Chief of Police
as his newly assigned partner stopped at ... Mason had been a two-bit crook up
until a few months ago, when he was recruited to join the top secret New Orleans
...
The New Orleans Confidential's secret headquarters were in the other
warehouse around back, which also housed part of the trucking operation. But it
was kept separate from the regular delivery service. Although the trucks driven by
the ...
Author: Rebecca York
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 9781472035158
Category: Fiction
Page: 224
View: 642
PRESSURE AND DANGER DON'T FAZE NEW ORLEANS CONFIDENTIAL AGENT ALEX MCMULLIN. WORKING WITH THE WOMAN HE LOVED AND LEFT... NOW,THAT'S ANOTHER MATTER.
... by a secret treaty , the gift which the King of France made to him of Louisiana . "
Louis XV . ceded " by the pure effect of the generosity of his heart ” * * * " all the
country known by the name of Louisiana as well as New Orleans , and the island
...
... Mississippi, including New Orleans. Excluded from North America since 1763,
France once more had a presence there, but it regarded the land as unusable
and Napoleon was pleased to offload Louisiana for some badly needed income.
Author: Nicholas Hagger
Publisher: Duncan Baird Publishers
ISBN: 9781780282121
Category: Social Science
Page: 272
View: 748
Until the present time there have been seven stages of United States expansionism - from the Federal unification of the original states to the 'New World Order' planned by US-led commercial elites before and after 1989. Extrapolating both from the author's distinctive reading of history and the evidence of President Obama's own speeches and actions, The Secret American Dream proposes that the US now faces a new, eighth, phase of expansion. In this, the traditional 'American Dream' of peace, social order and prosperity would be extended to all humankind. This ambitious plan - little known and understood outside President Obama's inner circle - would involve the creation of a benevolent World State initiated, but not dominated, by the United States. The Secret American Dream suggests that the first step in establishing the World State - a supranational authority with legal powers to abolish war and nuclear weapons - would be a visit by the US President to the UN General Assembly requesting a World Constitutional Convention. Under the President's proposals, the existing UN General Assembly would become an elected, 850-seat lower house, alongside a new World Senate and an executive called the World Commission. A senatorial World Openness Committee would control the world's commercial elites and harness their positive skills and energies. Founded on altruistic and philanthropic principles, the World State would bring global peace, disarmament and the opportunity of prosperity to every individual on Earth. The abolition of war and nuclear stockpiles would remove the threat of nuclear war and the possibility of ex-Soviet nuclear weapons falling into terrorist hands. It would also create a 'peace dividend' of nearly US$1.5 trillion per year, which could be spent on eliminating world poverty, disease and famine; on guaranteeing financial instability and a minimum income for all; and on solving energy and environmental problems. Initiatives by President Obama in a range of areas, such as his recent nuclear disarmament deal with Russia, show that he is already taking steps to implement this 'secret' American Dream.
If they consider their employer discreet, they will furnish him unasked with the
strangest secret news. They possess family histories capable of doing infinite
mischief, but seldom make use of them, except among each other. To strangers
they ...
Author: Lafcadio Hearn
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1578063531
Category: Literary Collections
Page: 230
View: 613
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) prowled the streets of New Orleans from 1877 to 1888 before moving on to a new life and global fame as a chronicler of Japan. Hearn's influence on our perceptions of New Orleans, however, has unjustly remained unknown. In ten years of serving as a correspondent and selling his writing in such periodicals as the New Orleans Daily Item, Times-Democrat, Harper's Weekly, and Scribner's Magazine he crystallized the way Americans view New Orleans and its south Louisiana environs. Hearn was prolific, producing colorful and vivid sketches, vignettes, news articles, essays, translations of French and Spanish literature, book reviews, short stories, and woodblock prints. He haunted the French Quarter to cover such events as the death of Marie Laveau. His descriptions of the seamy side of New Orleans, tainted with voodoo, debauchery, and mystery made a lasting impression on the nation. Denizens of the Crescent City and devotees who flock there for escapades and pleasures will recognize these original tales of corruption, of decay and benign frivolity, and of endless partying. With his writing, Hearn virtually invented the national image of New Orleans as a kind of alternative reality to the United States as a whole. S. Frederick Starr, a leading authority on New Orleans and Louisiana culture, edits the volume, adding an introduction that places Hearn in a social, historical, and literary context. Hearn was sensitive to the unique cultural milieu of New Orleans and Louisiana. During the decade that he spent in New Orleans, Hearn collected songs for the well-known New York music critic Henry Edward Krehbiel and extensively studied Creole French, making valuable and lasting contributions to ethnomusicology and linguistics. Hearn's writings on Japan are famous and have long been available. But Inventing New Orleans: Writings of Lafcadio Hearn brings together a selection of Hearn's nonfiction on New Orleans and Louisiana, creating a previously unavailable sampling. In these pieces Hearn, an Anglo-Greek immigrant who came to America by way of Ireland, is alternately playful, lyrical, and morbid. This gathering also features ten newly discovered sketches. Using his broad stylistic palette, Hearn conjures up a lost New Orleans which later writers such as William Faulkner and Tennessee Williams used to evoke the city as both reality and symbol. Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was a prolific writer, critic, amateur engraver, and journalist. His many books-on a diverse range of subjects-include La Cuisine Creole: A Collection of Culinary Recipes (1885), Gombo Zhebes (1885), Chita (1889), and Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan (1894).
tribunal , the latter a private one ; but as the coroner ' s inquiry frequently leads to
accusation , it is advisable , if not necessary , occasionally to conduct it in secret ,
lest a suspected party , being informed of the proof arising against him , eludes ...
You next assume to entirely uncover my alleged secret , by the testimony of Dr.
J. J. Brownson , of Dubuque , Iowa , who gives what he alleges is my “ formula as
verified by analysis , and the statement that I use apomorphia to cause nausea of
...
Author: William Henry Davenport AdamsPublish On: 1880
212 A NEW ORLEANS MILLIONAIRE. enclosed in blank covers, with no other
signature appended than that of "A Friend." A lady once applied to him on behalf
of an orphan, saying, " When he is old enough I will teach him to name and thank
...
