Fabulous New Orleans by Saxon, Lyle - 1937

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company Incorporated, 1937. Reprint. Half-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8x6x1. Suydam, E.H. Finely rebound in half morocco with gilt titles, rules, and decorations, top edge gilt, beige cloth boards, marbled endpapers. 1937 Half-Leather. xii, 334, [4] pp. 8vo. A firsthand account of New Orleans in the early 20th century, including Saxon's experience of Mardi Gras as a boy. "Lyle Saxon (1891-1946) ranks among Louisiana's most outstanding writers. During the 1920s and 1930s he was the central figure in the region's literary community, and was widely known as a raconteur and bon vivant. In addition to Father Mississippi , Lafitte the Pirate, and Children of Strangers, he also wrote Fabulous New Orleans , Old Louisiana, The Friends of Joe Gilmore, and was a co-author of Gumbo Ya-Ya, with Edward Dreyer and Robert Tallant. During the Depression, he directed the state WPA Writers Project, which produced the WPA Guide to Louisiana and the WPA Guide to New Orleans.