GHOST STORIES OF OLD NEW ORLEANS - 1st 1946 - NOLA CAJUN, OCCULT, SUPERNATURAL

GHOST STORIES OF OLD NEW ORLEANSBook Details + Condition: Rinehart and Company (New York and Toronto). First Edition, 1946. Very scarce. Hardcover with original dust jacket. 374 pages. Illustrated by Charles Richards. From a LSU Press summary: Ghosts are said to wander along the rooftops above New Orleans’ Royal Street, the dead allegedly sing sacred songs in St. Louis Cathedral, and the graveyard tomb of a wealthy madam reportedly glows bright red at night. Local lore about such supernatural sightings, as curated by Jeanne deLavigne in her classic Ghost Stories of Old New Orleans, finds the phantoms of bitter lovers, vengeful slaves, and menacing gypsies haunting nearly every corner of the city, from the streets of the French Quarter to Garden District mansions. All forty ghost stories and the macabre etchings of New Orleans artist Charles Richards appear in this edition. Drawing largely on popular legends dating back to the 1800s, deLavigne provides vivid details of old New Orleans