Rebecca Solnit

Rebecca Snedeker

Presents twenty-two color maps and accompanying essays providing details on the people, ecology, and culture of the city.

A New Orleans Atlas

Unfathomable City

Melody Izard

I've been going to New Orleans at least once a year (many years twice) since 1981. I pride myself on knowing the otbt places. I have my regular things I need to do when I go. Have to have a drink at both the carousel bar and the Sazerac bar. Have to ride in a United cab. Have to visit Hové even though I have plenty of perfume. Run on the neutral ground. Ride the green streetcars. Eat at a place I know I love and try some new place. It's hard to tell me something quirky I don't know. 

I was skeptical because Rebecca Solnit is from San Francisco. But she digs in and finds the stories. She hunts for obscure facts and literaly maps them in a book printed on beautiful paper. It feels so luscious to hold. So glad to be going to NO later this week. Yeah. On Amtrak. Can't wait.

Unfathomable City A New Orleans Atlas

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