Obituary Cocktail: The Great Saloons of New Orleans (2nd Edition, Expanded)

Book Description

The new edition: Two years after its original release, the new Obituary Cocktail has more bars, photos, drink recipes, and quotes. Six added spreads include the bar in the kitchen at Commander's Palace, The Circle Bar and its Herradura tequila shot with tonic--the Harry Tonic Jr.--and Butler's fantastically seedy interior.

WINNER Silver Medals, Publisher's Mktg Assoc & Ind Publ Assoc 2002! Book of the Year 1999 (New Orleans Gulf South Booksellers Association).

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Fantastic Book!.......2007-01-28

If you have ever visited the bars in New Orleans, you will appreciate learning of the little known history of the watering holes that you have spent many an evening drinking and laughing. It reminds you of the many who sat on the stools before you and what interesting things have occured before your presence! The book has beautiful photographs and is very much a necessity for any lover of the city of New Orleans. It is a great coffee table book, and can spark many interesting conversations!

It will make you thirsty.......2003-10-17

first of all, this is a beautifully produced book, with wonderful photographs of the great New Orleans drinking establishments and local scenary.

Secondly, it's a must for any bartender. Not much needs to be said on this topic except for the fact that many great drinks have come out of New Orleans and the bartender (professional or otherwise) should learn how to prepare them.

Finally, the book also presents some important historical information on New Orleans and its saloons. The two go hand in hand.

The Spirit of New Orleans.......2003-08-09

Ms. McCaffety has captured the essence of New Orleans with her wonderful book. The pictures are gorgeous, and the addition of a few traditional New Orleans cocktail recipes and the history of the saloons rounds out the book nicely. I can't wait to get back to New Orleans and visit the bars I've missed.

A Bourbon Street Hopper.......2002-11-08

I don't think I've ever experienced anything quite like the bars in New Orleans! They are fantastic! The press has given Bourbon St. such a negative view, but I had no trouble the two times I went down by myself! I mean if you use a little common sense, then there's no problem! The people were some of the nicest I've ever met! Everyone treats you like family and you have such a great time! This book shows that down-home, friendly atmosphere! It was interesting for me too, to see a lot of the places off of Bourbon that I didn't get to see! You know, the 5 star places that cost an arm and a leg, and require reservations! This is just another great book to relive memories of your trip to "Sin City."

Obituary Cocktail: The Great Saloon of New Orleans.......2000-05-29

Growing up in New Orleans is a rare experience. Living away often makes one nostalgic and wistful.. Reading "Obituary Cocktail" brings the sights, sounds, smells and tastes roaring back. This is a beautiful book. The photos are warm, romantic and evocative. The commentary is pure magic and the recipes are fabulous. Whether you live there now, once were there or have never visited - this book captures the charm, the quirkiness and the mystery of New Orleans and her great watering holes.

New Orleans: Jazzlife, 1960 (Photo Books)

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Marvelous look back well before Katrina

New Orleans: Jazzlife, 1960 (Photo Books)
William Claxton , and Joachim E. Berendt
Manufacturer: Taschen
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Binding: Hardcover

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A love letter to the birthplace of Jazz

New Orleans will never again appear as it does in these rare and stunning photographs by William Claxton taken for the book Jazzlife in 1960. While traveling around the United States with musicologist Joachim E. Berendt to record America's original art form, Claxton met and photographed the jazz personalities in every major and minor city, capturing these musicians in their natural environment. Among the most poignant and soulful photographs are these from the colorful melting pot of New Orleans, the city where jazz was born.

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Marvelous look back well before Katrina.......2007-04-17

In 1960, noted photographer William Claxton and German musicologist Joachim Berendt travelled the United States to document the American Art Form. The massive coffee table book "JazzLife" was published by Taschen and available in a regular edition which lists for $200 or a deluxe edition with prints and an audio CD for over $1000. It is a 700 page book and weighs over 17 pounds. Did I say coffee table book, the book itself might serve as a coffee table. Ok enough for the poor attempts at humor.

From "JazzLife," Taschen has published the portion devoted to the New Orleans, "New Orleans 1960," which is a more manageable 191 pages and has pertinent text portions to explain their trip across the United States and their experiences in the Crescent City and also Angola Penitentiary. It is dedicated to the many souls who lost their lives and the survivors who are rebuilding the city.

The selling point for this are the stunning photos of Claxton, who is probably best known for his iconic images of James Dean and Chet Baker. There are many striking images here, mostly of traditional jazz performers including the Eureka Brass Band, the Tuxedo Brass Band, the marvelous clarinet player George Lewis (and one of a marvelous one of Lewis' wife and Lewis 100 + year old mother), Nick LaRocca (who they recall was still claiming to have invented jazz), drummer Paul Barbarin, blues singer Lizzie Miles, trombonist Jim Robinson, Lewis Keppard and so many others. There are a couple images of a picnic in Slidell where Snooks Eaglin and band are seen playing on a truck bed, as well as a marvelous image of the Melvin Lastie Quintet (which included at the time drummer Charles ' Honeyboy' Otis), one of the few representations of modern jazz that they captured. A series of images here also follow a funeral to the cemetery and then back witnessing the second line exploding on the way back. The section on Angola includes marvelous images of Hoagman Maxey and Roosevelt Charles.

Text is presented in English, French and German and certainly helps the appreciation of the marvelous images. Certainly this will appeal to lovers of traditional jazz and the Cresent City.

The Mississippi Steamboat Era in Historic Photographs: Natchez to New Orleans, 1870-1920

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THE WAY IT WAS
Pictorial on River Steamboats on the Mississippi River in the late 1800's
very entertaining
Historic Photos and more

The Mississippi Steamboat Era in Historic Photographs: Natchez to New Orleans, 1870-1920

Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0486252604

Book Description

Considered among the finest photographs of the Mississippi ever taken, 170 recently discovered photographs offer vivid, detailed, beautifully composed images of major steamboats, picturesque river towns, landings, floods, cargoes, great waterway itself. Detailed, informative text. Index. Bibliography. Preface.

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THE WAY IT WAS.......2006-12-15

This book is a wonderful look back at life in the South during the years after the Civil War. The Minnie shown on page 62 used to pick up cotton from my grandfather's farm. Great photos of the boats, the trains, and the people.

Pictorial on River Steamboats on the Mississippi River in the late 1800's.......2006-05-29

Excellant book if your interested in Steamboats and how they traveled the river, great for an artist for drawing and understanding the construction of actual steamboats. It also has a few pictures of other modes of transportation for the late 1800's. Very economical book and a great coffee table book with heavy paper.

very entertaining.......2003-03-08

This book admittedly covers a small area, but it contains a wonderful collection of photos you will enjoy reviewing at length, and it isn't like there are a plethora of books out there on this subject.

Historic Photos and more.......2000-07-11

This coffee-table-size paperback offers about 100 historic black and white photos of the steamboat era: the boats, the people and the towns. A steamboat lover's dream at a good price.

Canal Street: New Orleans' Great Wide Way

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CANAL STREET

Canal Street: New Orleans' Great Wide Way
Peggy Scott Laborde , and John Magil
Manufacturer: Pelican Publishing Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 158980337X

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The experiences and events--from the regal to the routine--that have occurred on this main New Orleans thoroughfare.

Stretching from the riverfront to the cemeteries, Canal Street has served as a place for meeting, shopping, protesting, and parading since its creation in 1807.

From white-gloved shopping trips at D.H. Holmes to department store boycotts by the NAACP, from Mardi Gras parades to Christmas displays, steamships to streetcars, Canal Street has been a gathering place full of diverse sights and sounds for 200 years.

Written by local historian and Historic New Orleans Collection curator John Magill and WYES-TV host Peggy Scott Laborde, "Canal Street: New Orleans' Great Wide Way" chronicles the evolution of this grand street and all its events, memories, failures, and successes.

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CANAL STREET.......2007-02-10

When I saw this on the shelf at Barnes and Noble I was really interested, I find New Orleans very unique and I've been down Canal many times. As I read through it, I found the text interesting and well researched, but the overall quality of the book to be very mediocre. The images are blurry, I mean I recognize that many are very old, but even the more current pics are not that crisp. I also found it odd, that there was not a good pic of Canal Street after like 1985, there is like one blurry pic, that looks like it was taken in the eighties, then some pics from Katrina, that I could have done without..do I really have to see these people looting again? Overall, unless your a real New Orleans enthusiast, I'd pass, it's very overpriced.

Cemeteries of New Orleans: A Journey Through the Cities of the Dead

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A Pre-Katrina Look at New Orleans' Cities of the Dead
First-rate coffe table book for graveyard junkies

Cemeteries of New Orleans: A Journey Through the Cities of the Dead
Jan Arrigo
Manufacturer: Voyageur Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0896586650

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Cemeteries of New Orleans: A Journey through the Cities of the Dead is a photographic tour of the city’s captivating graveyards. Glorious photographs accompanied by interesting captions showcase more than fifteen of New Orleans’s historic and fascinating cemeteries (or ""cities of the dead""), such as St. Louis #1, Greenwood, St. Roch, Lafayette, and bayou and plantation country cemeteries. This intriguing volume includes helpful travel information, such as a list of ""who’s buried where."" Sidebars and captions discuss origins of All Saints’ Day, architectural styles, burial processes, cemetery preservation, history, jazz funerals, and voodoo, making "Cemeteries of New Orleans: A Journey through the Cities of the Dead" a stunning keepsake. About the Author and Photographer: Jan Arrigo of New Orleans is the author of "Explore Jean Lafitte National Park and Preserve Louisiana" and Voyageur Press’s "New Orleans." She is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors and Editorial Freelancers Association. Laura A. McElroy of Atlanta, Georgia, is a freelance travel photographer whose work can be found in magazines, including "Y’all" and "Destinations," on postcards and in regional travel books. She teamed up with Jan Arrigo for Voyageur Press’s "New Orleans."

Customer Reviews:

A Pre-Katrina Look at New Orleans' Cities of the Dead.......2005-09-18

This book was sent to me to review before Katrina was a puff of air. As New Orleans became inundated with water from broken levees, I tried to remember when I first learned that New Orleans was below sea level. It hit me . . . when I was driving by a cemetery and saw the vaults standing tall above ground.

Sure enough, as I opened this book, it quickly pointed out that burying people is challenging because of the ground water due to being below sea level. The text is an amazing presage of what just happened in New Orleans as it relates to what happened to cemeteries in the past when floods hit.

Prior to the disaster, New Orleans was famous in part for its unusual rituals and practices involving the deceased. Cemeteries of New Orleans gives you a visual expression of those rituals and practices (from visiting your loved ones on All Saint's Day to a jazz funeral procession) while showing you the different structures and layouts of the city's major cemeteries. They do resemble cities more than any other cemetery you've ever visited, I'll wager.

If you decide that you want to visit New Orleans after the reconstruction, this book will be a valuable guide to the cemeteries. You'll have pre-Katrina photographs to compare to the post-Katrina reality. You will also know where to visit to see the resting places of the famous, such as Confederate president Jefferson Davis.

This is a photography-intensive look, rather than a text-intensive look. As a result, I think most people will find this resource to be just about perfect in helping them understand how New Orleans likes to handle its dead. I know that seems like a gruesome subject right now, but that's the book's focus.

May all those who need help in New Orleans find it!

First-rate coffe table book for graveyard junkies.......2005-06-20

Visitors to the Crescent City are always intrigued by the cemeteries with their aboveground tombs, like miniature marble cities with narrow lanes and alleyways, and necessitated by marshy ground and a high water table. Traditions included burial of a wife with her birth family, not her husband, and entombment of slaves with the family, and numerous ethnic and fraternal societies have sponsored tombs, especially in the three St. Louis cemeteries. There's a great deal of local history here, but this is primarily a picture book of high quality that includes twenty-eight cemeteries in Orleans Parish, the River Parishes, and neighboring communities like Chalmette and Lacombe. Featured tombs include those of Jefferson Davis, Benjamin Latrobe, Marie Laveau, John Kennedy Toole, Louis Prima, and many ordinary citizens and families. The photography is first-rate and the discussions of architectural styles, religious observances, and the jazz funeral will keep you engaged.

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What was/is
Concise yet authoritative
BEAUTIFULLY DONE!
This book is a plagarized disaster.

New Orleans Then and Now (Then & Now)
Lester Sullivan
Manufacturer: Thunder Bay Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1571459839

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Celebrating this beloved city, New Orleans Then and Now offers a unique combination of historic interest and contemporary beauty. This book features dozens of fascinating archival photographs contrasted with specially commissioned, full-color images of the same scene today. Each work is a visual lesson in the historic changes of one of our greatest urban landscapes.

Customer Reviews:

What was/is.......2007-02-07

I loved it. I lived in New Orleans when some of the "then" was still there, and seeing all the changes is great fun.

Concise yet authoritative.......2006-01-08

The low ranking below must result from something personal. Sullivan is a true authority as he's taught the Crescent City's twisting, multiracial history for years at the University of New Orleans. And when Orleans Parish wanted it's cab drivers to know their own landmarks, City Hall had him put them wise. Beyond this though, it's a fine read. I used to laugh at the architectural damage the developers had done through the decade. But New Orleans has always grasped the modern and this has been its real architectural struggle. This book helps put the changes in perspective.

BEAUTIFULLY DONE!.......2004-03-04

I found this book to be one of the best gifts I have ever received.Being from New Orleans and looking back at our past and what we have evolved into was simply nothing short of fantastic .It was well composed and the photography was exceptionally well done.Compared to similar books done slightly earlier ,this is a WINNER!I bought these as gifts for Christmas after I received mine.Everyone who got it raved.This author has proven to me, more than once, he is dedicated to authenticity and has the respect for New Orleans that New Orleans deserves.My hats off to you Mr.Sullivan.Great job.Keep up the good work.

This book is a plagarized disaster........2003-12-04

As a French Quarter resident in New Orleans who is concerned about our City's historic preservation, I have an active interest in books that capture the evolution of this City. Upon seeing Mr. Sullivan's book at a local shop, I was shocked to see the degree to which pictures and captions were copied outright from the original and more comprehensive book by the SAME TITLE from 1999 by Richard and Marina Campanella. Don't buy this book. It is a shabby mimic of the original masterpiece and buying it supports the act of plagarism.

The Jewish Community of New Orleans (LA) (Images of America)

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Amazing monument to New Orleans
Saving History
great book

The Jewish Community of New Orleans (LA) (Images of America)
Irwin Lachoff , and Catherine C. Kahn
Manufacturer: Arcadia Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

ASIN: 0738518352
Release Date: 2005-07-27

Book Description

New Orleans is not a typical Southern city. The Jews who have settled in New Orleans from 1757 to the present have had a very different experience than others in the South. New Orleans was a wide-open frontier that attracted gamblers, sailors, con artists, planters, and merchants. Most early Jewish immigrants were bachelors who took Catholic wives, if they married at all. The first congregation, Gates of Mercy, was founded in 1827, and by 1860, four congregations represented Sephardic, French and German, and Polish Jewry. The reform movement, the largest denomination today, took hold after the Civil War with the founding of Temple Sinai. Small as it is in proportion to the population of New Orleans, the Jewish community has made contributions that far exceed their numbers in cultural, educational, and philanthropic gifts to the city.

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Amazing monument to New Orleans.......2006-08-31

I own a dozen or more of these local history photo volumes in this Images of America series by Acadia. This is one of my favorites. Individual portraits and archit. are both covered. Its an amazing education in how so many of the most prominent buildings and institutions of New Orleans were build and sustained by members of the small Jewish community.

Judah Benjamin "the brain of the Confederacy" and the first Jewish US Senator; Judah Tuoro; owner of the Tulane president's mansion on St. Charles; Latter (home is now St Chas. public library), etc. Clearly -- the Jewish community here has long been one of the most gifted and active in the country. Yet another example of just how unique New Orleans is.

A good companion to this volume would be teh dry but VERY informative book by Bertram Korn, The Early Jews of New Orleans (1967).

Saving History.......2006-05-26

This book was published just in time! Right after its release Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast. Many of the original photographs, which belonged to local families were damaged, or lost. I only wish the book had been bigger!

great book.......2005-08-22

This is a great book that is easy to read. If you love history, especially history of the jews of New Orleans or the South, this book is a " must have." Not only did I enjoy reading it, but so did my 13 year old son. There are great pictures in the book, too. The book would make a perfect gift for Chanukah, wedding, anniversaries, birthdays, or Bar/Bat Mitzvahs. Hope to see more books by this author very soon!!!

Greetings from New Orleans: A History in Postcards

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Greetings from New Orleans: A History in Postcards
Tina Skinner , and Mary L. Martin
Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
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ASIN: 0764323717

New Orleans Jazz Fest: A Pictorial History

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New Orleans Jazz Fest: A Pictorial History
Michael P. Smith
Manufacturer: Pelican Publishing Company
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0882898108

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Will never be shelved!
don't trust the stars
Terrific combination of visual history and nostalgia
For the those who love the Big Easy, this one is a must.

New Orleans Then and Now (Then & Now)
Richard Campanella , and Marina Campanella
Manufacturer: Pelican Publishing Company
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ASIN: 1565543475

Customer Reviews:

Will never be shelved!.......2005-10-28

Thanks to the Campanellas for their hard work. They have done a terrific job matching new photos to historical ones. Each photo has a detailed caption -- the Campanellas never leave the reader disoriented. A dry sense of humor comes through on occaision, making reading the book feel more like a friend telling you about a city he loves rather than reading a dull textbook. My only complaint is very little on mid-city and lakeview. Perhaps a post-Katrina edition will come out. Fantastic photos. This book will always be ready to read. I don't think it will ever find its way onto a bookshelf.

don't trust the stars.......2004-04-05

this is a tremendous book, far better than the other by the same name. However,the seven previous reviews were all highly positive but when they were added no stars were indicated for five of the reviews. The result:two five star ratings and five no star ratings. Oviously a glitch. Read the other reviews. If you like New Orleans buy this book

Terrific combination of visual history and nostalgia.......2002-07-23

It's always a bit startling to revisit someplace you haven't seen in a few decades, especially if it was a neighborhood you remember from your childhood. Nothing stands still, but some alterations can be especially dramatic. Many parts of downtown New Orleans in the 1920s and '30s hadn?t changed significantly in several generations, except for the addition of overhead wires. This lavish volume will bring you up to date, displaying before-and-after shots of many fondly remembered locations -- such as the intersection of Madison Street and Decatur in what used to be "Little Italy." A 1906 photo shows a decaying Creole townhouse which then housed a clothing store, and Madame Begue's famous restaurant across the narrow street. On the facing page, the 1996 view from exactly the same perspective shows the townhouse changed almost beyond recognition, but the 1830 building across the street, now the home of Tujague's Restaurant, which has been cleaned up and renovated (and is one of my favorites!), retains nearly all of its original design features. Other sites remind us of the days of parking your car on Canal Street's neutral ground, of the 1840s Greek Revival hidden behind the Sanlin Building's aluminum facade, of the gradual but continual decay of the De La Ronde plantation house in Chalmette. Other structures have disappeared entirely: The Poydras Market, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and the entire 300 block of South Rampart Street, among many others, most of them replaced by freeways and modern motels. This would be a terrific book to send to that New Orleans-born relative who moved to California years ago.

For the those who love the Big Easy, this one is a must........1999-08-12

The Campanella's did an incredible job of tracing the past of some of New Orlean's most well known, and sometimes notorious, landmarks. The way in which they try to exactly match the perspective of the new photography with that of the historic photo allows the reader to better visualize the changes. In some scenes, so much has changed it is like a game of Where's Waldo just find something that is recognizable from one era to the next. Great book!

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