New Orleans
Four years ago we had a personal family crisis that took us to the far northwest of our country. But while we were there dealing with our own problems, we had one ear on the radio and television, watching the path of a hurricane called Katrina, as she made her way into the Gulf of [...]
PDF Graham Greene’s The Quiet American uses characters to represent nations and foretells the American involvement in Vietnam.
Destination: New Orleans, LA, United States Book: Nine Lives, Death and Life in New Orleans by Dan Baum Just in case you think this book has something to do with how a tourist survives a Sazerac hangover, forget it. The latest addition to my traveler’s library tells about the lives of real people who survived [...]
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Destination: New Orleans Authors: Galore Did you know that the United States organization Friends of Libraries U. S. A., designates Literary Landmarks? So when you travel in the U. S., you can check their site, visit the haunts of writers past and present, and in a few cases, stay at the same hotels. Checking state [...]
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Destination: New Orleans Book: New Orleans Sketches by William Faulkner As I indicated in an earlier post, William Faulkner did not spend a great deal of time in New Orleans. He was a young writer switching from poetry to fiction writing when he took an apartment in what is now Faulkner House Books. He wrote [...]
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Destination: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Book: Galatoire’s: Biography of a Bistro(2004) by Marda Burton and Kenneth Holditch New Orleans’ visitors intent on finding a good meal, have only one problem. How do you choose among all those excellent restaurants? And book lovers and cooks face a similar problem if they want to learn about Cajun [...]
Destination: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Book: The Booklovers Guide to New Orleans by Susan Larson Ahh, New Orleans is on my mind, as I start to pack for a trip there later this week. I can’t resist the opportunity to talk a little bit about New Orleans in books–and there are plenty of them. Today, [...]
Keep your eyes open and you will see some changes at the Traveler’s Library in the next few weeks, as I complete the 31-day Blogging Challenge sponsored by the guru of blogging, Darren Rowse. There simply is no better source of information for bloggers on the web than Darren Rowse’s blog. One change that has [...]
New Orleans’ French Quarter, known for jazz and Mardi Gras parades, inspires words as well as music. A walk along the balcony-hung streets can set the senses reeling. Narrow building fronts painted salmon, lime, rose, and aqua line up like sample chips in a paint store. The sharp spicy aroma of gumbo conjures crayfish and [...]
