The Majesty of the French Quarter

The Majesty of the French Quarter
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Publisher : Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages : 196
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ISBN-10 : 145560822X
ISBN-13 : 9781455608225
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Book Synopsis The Majesty of the French Quarter by : Kerri McCaffety

Download or read book The Majesty of the French Quarter written by Kerri McCaffety and published by Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 1999-12-31 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "�highly recommended for architecture, photography, and history collections everywhere." --Library Journal "McCaffety knows how to capture the fleeting beauty of a moment." --Times Picayune For many, the French Quarter is New Orleans, yet how much do they really know about the Vieux Carr�? Truman Capote wrote, "Of all secret cities, New Orleans . . . is the most secretive. . . . [Its] architecture deliberately concocted to camouflage, to mask, as at a Mardi Gras Ball, the lives of those born to live among these protective edifices." Through striking photographs and polished prose, The Majesty of the French Quarter opens the locked door and invites readers to discover a multitude of hidden marvels. Among the discovered gems is the 1828 Bourbon Street mansion of Lindy Boggs, U. S. ambassador to the Vatican and former congresswoman. Pictured are many such homes' secret, overgrown gardens where, noted Capote, "mimosa and camellias contrast color, and lazing lizards, flicking their forked tongues, race along palm fronds." Also featured are rare glimpses of the antique-filled and artfully decorated interiors of some of the Quarter's most majestic homes, including that of New Orleans novelist Julie Smith. While this series has examined New Orleans as a whole and the city's Garden District in particular, the French Quarter has quietly kept her secrets to herself-until now.


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