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The French Quarter by Herbert Asbury
In The French Quarter, Herbert Asbury, author of The Gangs of New York, chronicles this rather immense underbelly of “The Big Easy.” From the murderous exploits of Mary Jane “Bricktop” Jackson and Bridget Fury, two prostitutes who became famous after murdering a number of their associates, to the faux-revolutionary “filibusters” who, backed by hundreds of thousands of dollars of public support — though without official governmental approval — undertook military missions to take over the bordering Spanish regions in Texas, the French Quarter had it all. Once again, Asbury takes the reader on an intriguing, photograph-filled journey through a unique version of the American underworld.
Published by Knopf
Spine is in tact no dust jacket
Publisher Knopf
Hardback book
Publication 1936 – First Edition