WPA Guide Release Party at FAB - Faubourg Marigny Art & Books

On Sunday, March 29th from 5:00 to 7:00pm, FAB - Faubourg Marigny Art
& Books (600 Frenchmen St) is throwing a party to celebrate the
republication of the 1938 New Orleans City Guide by the Works Progress
Administration.

Garrett County Press is republishing the mammoth survey with new a
typeset, using original photos unearthed at the Louisiana State
Library (91 black and white photos total). Over 54 sections in 455
pages cover everything from churches to prostitution. Previous
reprints were merely scans of the first 1938 edition.

Tulane historian and author Lawrence N. Powell, provides a new
introduction. "You need only thumb through the New Orleans volume,"
Powell writes, "to understand the critical acclaim. Its pages crackle
with the nervous energy of good writing ? You can still follow one of
its recommended automobile tours and not feel so much as three minutes
behind the times."

Scheduled to coincide with the popular Nickel-A-Dance event featuring
Lionel Ferbos at Snug Harbor (up the block from Faubourg Marigny Art &
Books), the launch party will offer a special discount on the cover
price, music and wine.

Garrett County Press publishes books about New Orleans, underground
culture and music. For more information, please visit: www.gcpress.com.

FAB - Faubourg Marigny Art & Books is located at 600 Frenchmen Street
at the corner of Chartres Street, just 8 blocks downriver from Jackson
Square. FAB is open everyday from Noon till 10 PM and is celebrating
32 years of continuous service for residents and visitors of the
Crescent City.

New Orleans City Guide (1938)
By Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration
ISBN: 9781891053085
Price: $18.95
Softcover

For more information please contact:

Otis Fennell
FAB - Faubourg Marigny Art & Books
600 Frenchmen St. at Chartres St.
504.947.3700 fabotis@yahoo.com