New Orleans in the Fifties

by Mary Lou Widmer

Book Overview

In her third book in the series of volumes describing past decades in New Orleans' history, local author and historian Mary Lou Widmer offers readers unique glimpses into the celebrated decade of the fifties. It was a time of changing values and institutions, of a growing fear of communism and, at the same time, a growing sense of domestic tranquility and the importance of the family. It was a time of great growth and development in the city, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589802683
• ISBN13: 9781589802681
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.4" x 11.0"