Quaint Essential New Orleans - A Crescent City Lexicon
There are plenty of vocabulary lists on the Internet focused on New Orleans’ own lingo, but Kevin J. Bozant has pulled together 180 pages worth of terms for his book Quaint Essential New Orleans. From tips about how to eat a beignet to the definition of zydeco, this book is a must-have guide to the Crescent City.
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
Review for "Quaint Essential New Orleans" available on amazon.com
Review by Woody K:
5.0 out of 5
stars Learn how to
speak like a local (and hundreds of other interesting facts about New
Orleans), September 24, 2012
This
review is from: Quaint Essential New Orleans: A Crescent City Lexicon
(Paperback)
Don't know your banquette from your neutral ground? Want
to make sure your po-boy is properly dressed? If you are writing, reporting, or
just want to know more about The Crescent City (i.e. why is it called that?),
this book should be your bible.Extensively researched and photo rich, this book should be required reading for travel writers, reporters, playwrights, newcomers and well-informed visitors. But, locals will also enjoy strolling down memory lane with the many "Ain't dere no more" entries. Native New Orleanians may be suprised at how unique they really are! This is, literally, the quintessential book about the New Orleans lexicon.
https://www.amazon.com/author/kevinjbozant
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Quaint Essential New Orleans
https://www.createspace.com/3777386
INTRODUCTION
If you write about New Orleans, get it
right about New Orleans. In Quaint Essential New Orleans, Kevin J.
Bozant takes you on an entertaining and personal journey through the Crescent
City’s culture of unique iconography, creative geography and mystifying
terminology. He offers readers a generous serving from the colloquial melting
pot with ingredients borrowed from the French, Spanish, Creoles, African
Americans, Cajuns, West Indians, Irish, Italians, Germans, American Indians,
Canadians, Vietnamese and a smattering of Yat mixed in just to make your
mom-n-em happy. The resulting mélange of creative and colorful references for
streets, food, Mardi Gras, jazz, local characters, geography, history and
culture, blends into a delicious gumbo of grammar which is often mispronounced,
misinterpreted, misunderstood, and misspelled.
Do you know the difference between, Mardi
Gras and Carnival, Storyland and Storyville, roux and rue? Can you give directions to Dead Man’s Curve,
Monkey Wrench Corner or Pigeon Town? Can you name the Emperor of the World, the
Voodoo Queen or the Chicken King? Do you know what it means to mispronounce New
Orleans, banquette, Tchefuncte, flambeaux,
Tchoupitoulas or
lagniappe?
If you are producing a movie or documentary in New Orleans.
If you are writing or anchoring a local newscast.
If you are editing a city newspaper, magazine or website.
If you are writing a television series set in the Crescent
City.
If your next novel is about New Orleans.
You Need This Book!
Quaint Essential New Orleans
190 pages – 675 entries – 200 photographs
Available on Amazon.com
If you go to your Mom-n-em for a crawfish
boil, it’s ok to “suck da heads,” but remember, “don’t eat the dead ones!
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Review of African American New Orleans - Kindle Edition
On Amazon.com
From
Civil Rights to neighborhoods to restaurants, Kevin J. Bozant brings New Orleans'
African American Culture alive in photos & stories, that have made New
Orleans the beautiful city it is today. As a child having grown up in New
Orleans and now going back as a visitor, this books serves as a wonderful guide
to so many memories, both happy and challenging. It is a "must read"
for everyone that has grown up in, lives in or plans to visit the historical
city of New Orleans. -M. Fikes
Review of African American New Orleans
Published in Gambit Magazine - June 26, 2012
Touring New Orleans ... On the Cheap
Three
books provide points of interest for self-guided tours of the city's
architecture, culture and history by: Kandace Powers Graves
One of the great things about having
visitors is getting to show off our hometown and vicariously re-experience
discovering the wonders of the city and hearing the quirky stories that make New
Orleans unique. Almost anyone who has lived in the city for long (say six
months) has realized that residents tend to have a lot of company, and you
can't always take vacation or an unpaid day off to act as a tour guide. For those times, especially when your
visitors are on a tight budget, it pays to keep a few books around to help them
develop their own itineraries.
Kevin
J. Bozant gives readers a tour of New Orleans landmarks, commemorative plaques,
statues and more in his African American New Orleans: A Guide to 100 Civil
Rights, Culture & Jazz Sites (Po-Boy Press, 2012, $14.99). The book has
interesting photos of the attractions, which makes them easier to find, since
some are off main thoroughfares. There's also a neighborhood index so tourists
can determine what points of interest are nearby, whatever neighborhood they
are visiting.
The
100 attractions included range from Willie Mae's Scotch House, a restaurant
that served as a meeting place for civil rights activists and African-American
leaders; a block where slaves were displayed for sale at the former St. Louis
Hotel; the New Orleans musicians' tomb where any local musician can choose to
be interred; the now-closed Ernie K-Doe's Mother-In-Law Lounge and the murals
painted under the interstate on Claiborne Avenue.
With
these three books on your shelf, even guests who stay a week will remain
occupied and happy — without breaking the bank.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Sunday, April 1, 2012
QUAINT ESSENTIAL NEW ORLEANS - New This Summer From Po-Boy Press!
QUAINT ESSENTIAL NEW ORLEANS
A Crescent City Lexicon
190 Pages - 675 Entries - 200 Photographs
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Angelic New Orleans Poster
Angelic New Orleans Poster
18" X 24" Full Color
$14.99 plus $4.00 tube protected shipping
For a limited time, you can purchase one poster and get one free!
This beautiful full-color poster includes a host of angels from various neighborhoods and cemeteries around the city of New Orleans.
This collection includes angels from St. Louis Cathedral, St. Louis Cemeteries #1 & #2 in Treme as well as #3 in Mid-City, The Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Holy Trinity, St. Paul Lutheran Church in Marigny, Metairie and St. Patrick's Cemeteries as well as Anne Rice's old house on Napoleon Avenue in the Garden District.
A full explanation and location sheet is included with each poster purchased.
This collection includes angels from St. Louis Cathedral, St. Louis Cemeteries #1 & #2 in Treme as well as #3 in Mid-City, The Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Holy Trinity, St. Paul Lutheran Church in Marigny, Metairie and St. Patrick's Cemeteries as well as Anne Rice's old house on Napoleon Avenue in the Garden District.
A full explanation and location sheet is included with each poster purchased.
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