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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Publication date
January 1, 2000
Pages
256
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780571199549
ISBN-10
0571199542
Dimensions
1 by 6.25 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.05 lbs.
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Out of Print
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$25.00
§As reported by publisher
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Mr. New Orleans | Storyville, New Orleans | The French Quarter | Empire of Sin | Empire of Sin | Madam | The World That Made New Orleans | Mr. New Orleans | Nine Lives
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
The forty-year reign of New Orleans 'madam' Norma Wallace is chronicled here, with plentiful accounts from the prostitutes, 'johns,' local celebrities, and cops who were part of this colorful drama set in the city's notorious Red Light District.
(view table of contents)Amazon.com description: Product Description:
In 1916, at age fifteen, Norma Wallace arrived in New Orleans. Sexy and shrewd, she quickly went from streetwalker to madam and by 1920 had opened what became a legendary house of prostitution. There she entertained a steady stream of governors, gangsters, and movie stars until she was arrested at last in 1962. Shortly before she died in 1974, she tapeârecorded her memories-the scandalous stories of a powerful woman who had the city's politicians in her pocket and whose lovers included the twenty-five-year-old boy next door, whom she married when she was sixty-four. Combining those tapes with original research, Christine Wiltz chronicles not just Norma's rise and fall but also the social history of New Orleans, thick with the vice and corruption that flourished thereâand, like Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and Philistines at the Hedgerow, resurrects a vanished secret world.
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Hardcover
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from Faber & Faber (January 1, 2000)
9780571199549 | details & prices | 256 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $25.00
About: Chronicles the forty-year reign of New Orleans 'madam' Norma Wallace, with accounts from the prostitutes, 'johns,' local celebrities, and cops who were part of this drama set in the city's notorious Red Light District.
About: Chronicles the forty-year reign of New Orleans 'madam' Norma Wallace, with accounts from the prostitutes, 'johns,' local celebrities, and cops who were part of this drama set in the city's notorious Red Light District.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Da Capo Pr (March 12, 2001)
9780306810121 | details & prices | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $16.00
About: The forty-year reign of New Orleans 'madam' Norma Wallace is chronicled here, with plentiful accounts from the prostitutes, 'johns,' local celebrities, and cops who were part of this colorful drama set in the city's notorious Red Light District.
About: The forty-year reign of New Orleans 'madam' Norma Wallace is chronicled here, with plentiful accounts from the prostitutes, 'johns,' local celebrities, and cops who were part of this colorful drama set in the city's notorious Red Light District.
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