Nine Lives: Mystery, Magic, Death, and Life in New Orleans Contributor(s): Baum, Dan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0385523203 ISBN-13: 9780385523202 Publisher: Random House OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General - History | Reference |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.16" W x 8.02" (0.57 lbs) 368 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - South - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Locality - New Orleans, Louisiana |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The hidden history of the haunted and beloved city of New Orleans, told through the intersecting lives of nine remarkable characters. "Nine Lives is stunning work. Dan Baum has immersed himself in New Orleans, the most fascinating city in the United States, and illuminated it in a way that is as innovative as Tom Wolfe on hot rods and Truman Capote on a pair of murderers. Full of stylistic brilliance and deep insight and an overriding compassion, Nine Lives is an instant classic of creative nonfiction." --Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain Nine Lives is a multivoiced biography of a dazzling, surreal, and imperiled city, told through the lives of night unforgettable characters and bracketed by two epic storms: Hurricane Betsy, which transformed New Orleans in the 1960s, and Hurricane Katrina, which nearly destroyed it. Dan Baum brings the kaleidoscopic portrait to life, showing us what was lost in the storm and what remains to be saved. BONUS: This edition contains a Nine Lives discussion guide. |