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Best of New Orleans (page 2)


Cover art for THE BOURBON STREET MUSICIANS
CHILDREN'S
Released: April 22, 2002
by Kathy Price, illustrated by Andrew Glass

"Illustrator Glass (Mountain Men, 2001, etc.) known for his books on the American frontier, crosses the river with his loose, colorful style to harmonize perfectly with this completely satisfying, must-have rendition of the age-old tale. (Picture book. 5+)"
Why has no one ever before set the Bremen Town Musicians down where they could really resonate—the American South? Read full book review >
Cover art for A SUMMONS TO NEW ORLEANS
FICTION
Released: Aug. 9, 2000

"An engaging tale, enhanced by its moody, threatening New Orleans setting."
A rape trial is the unlikely cause of a reunion among three troubled friends. Read full book review >
Cover art for RUM-A-TUM-TUM
CHILDREN'S
Released: April 15, 1997

"Exhilarating. (Picture book. 5-9)"
As captivated by African-American street calls as Alan Schroeder was in Carolina Shout! (1995), Medearis (Haunts, 1996, etc.) offers readers an eye-filling, ear-filling tour of Market Street in New Orleans. Read full book review >
Cover art for NEW ORLEANS BEAT
FICTION
Released: July 1, 1994

"A poisonous bouquet from a still-rising star."
 Just a week before he took a conveniently fatal tumble off a ladder, underachieving computer nerd Geoffrey Kavanagh had begun to flash on memories of the night 20 years earlier when his father, Leighton, was supposedly killed by a burglar who didn't take anything but a ring belonging to Geoffrey's mother, Marguerite—and the murder gun. Read full book review >
Cover art for NEW ORLEANS REQUIEM
FICTION
Released: April 21, 1994

"This one is for those who like their lab talk down and dirty."
 With Mardi Gras only a week away and the annual convention of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences just arriving in town, New Orleans Chief Medical Examiner Andy Broussard and psychological profiler Kit Franklyn match wits with a killer who stabs his victims, slices off one eyelid, and arranges them each with a telltale strand of hair, a row of Scrabble tiles—K, O, J, E, the first murder is signed—and a different section from the February 14 edition of the Times-Picayune. Read full book review >
Cover art for MUSICAL GUMBO
NONFICTION
Released: June 7, 1993

"Should inspire many new visitors to the Crescent city and hip them to what's been cooking there all these years."
A casual yet palatable guide to the music of New Orleans that serves up its spicy musical and historical matter in high style. Read full book review >