Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 133.10976335 EAN: 9781589804081 ISBN: 1589804082 Label: Pelican Publishing Company Manufacturer: Pelican Publishing Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: May 15, 2007 Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company Sales Rank: 111017 Studio: Pelican Publishing Company
Product DescriptionThis guide is designed for locals, new residents, and travelers seeking the haunted history of the Crescent City and nearby locations. Detailed descriptions and historical background for more than 70 locations guide readers to sites of tragic events where they might encounter ghostly apparitions.
Sites and spirits in the Garden District and French Quarter include the ghosts of voodoo priestesses, victims of the yellow fever epidemics, several well-known French Quarter restaurants, and the famous 'Mad Madame' LaLaurie mansion, thought to be the most haunted house in New Orleans. A section on City Park, the Faubourg Marigny, and nearby Chalmette, the site of the Battle of New Orleans, is also included. A chapter dedicated to day trips suggests the paranormal possibilities awaiting travelers destined for the famous River Road plantations and Baton Rouge.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - If you know NOLA, you know these stories
This book hosted no new ghost stories for the veteran of visiting New Orleans, even more so a lot of the locations are not even actually given. However the book does give a fresh twist on some of the stories and some of the graphics are fun.
