The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld

The incredible life of French Quarter legend Norma Wallace -- and a portrait of an era in...
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Author: Christine Wiltz
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The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld by Wiltz, Christine

The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld

BD$26.97

The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld

BD$26.97
Author: Christine Wiltz
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The incredible life of French Quarter legend Norma Wallace -- and a portrait of an era in New Orleans history rife with charm and decadence ("Wonderful. . . admirably recreates a slice of a life otherwise devoured by time" -- Michael Lewis, New York Times Book Review)

In 1916, at age fifteen, Norma Wallace arrived in New Orleans. Sexy and shrewd, she quickly went from streetwalker to madam and by 1920 had opened what became a legendary house of prostitution. There she entertained a steady stream of governors, gangsters, and movie stars until she was arrested at last in 1962. Shortly before she died in 1974, she tape-recorded her memories-the scandalous stories of a powerful woman who had the city's politicians in her pocket and whose lovers included the twenty-five-year-old boy next door, whom she married when she was sixty-four. Combining those tapes with original research, Christine Wiltz chronicles not just Norma's rise and fall but also the social history of New Orleans, thick with the vice and corruption that flourished there-and, like Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and Philistines at the Hedgerow, resurrects a vanished secret world.

Author: Christine Wiltz
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 03/13/2001
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.99h x 5.87w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9780306810121
Audience: Young Adult

About the Author
Christine Wiltz, a native of New Orleans, is the author of five novels, including The Killing Circle, A Diamond Before You Die, and The Emerald Lizard, all set in New Orleans and featuring Irish Channel detective Neal Rafferty. Wiltz's novel The Glass House was praised by the New York Times as unflinchingly honest and a book that needs to be read on both sides of Convent Street. She has written for the New Yorker, the Los Angeles Times, and numerous other publications. She's been a writer in residence and adjunct professor at both Tulane and Loyola Universities. Wiltz lives in New Orleans.

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