Italians in New Orleans (LA) (Images of America)
Book Details
Author(s)
Joseph Maselli, Dominic Candeloro
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
ISBN / ASIN
0738516929
ISBN-13
9780738516929
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Sales Rank
#1,043,018
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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Description
Between 1850 and 1870, New Orleans boasted the largest Italian-born population of any city in the United States. Its early Italian immigrants included musicians, business leaders, and diplomats. Sadly, in 1891, 11 members of the large Sicilian settlement in New Orleans were victims of the largest mass lynching in American history. However, by 1910, the city's French Quarter was a "Little Palermo" with Italian entrepreneur, laborers, and restauranteurs dominating the scene.
