Canal
Street: New Orleans’ Great Wide Way
uses an impressive collection of vintage and contemporary
photographs, plus supporting text to cover the
history and social life of New Orleans’
main thoroughfare.
Topics include shopping, entertainment, social
issues, Christmas, Carnival, cemeteries, railways,
hotels and the Mississippi River.
For those who love New Orleans, this book a must.
240 pages 8½ x 11
266 photos Biblio. Index
ISBN: 1-58980-337-X
13-Digit ISBN: 9781589803374 Pelican
Publishing Company Now Available Retail
price: $35
Peggy Scott Laborde is
the producer/host of New Orleans public television station
WYES’ weekly arts and entertainment program, Steppin’
Out. The program is in its 21th season.
Laborde has produced over 15 documentaries
pertaining to the history and culture of New Orleans.
She was president of the nationally acclaimed Tennessee
Williams/ New Orleans Literary Festival for over a decade.
Watch
Steppin' Out," on Friday evenings at 6:30pm on WYES-TV12
and on wyesondemand.org
"Steppin' Out' is produced and hosted by
Peggy Scott Laborde.