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Chasing the Devil's Tail|David Fulmer

Chasing the Devil's Tail : A Mystery of Storyville, New Orleans

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Overview

In the raucous, bloody, red-light district of Storyville, New Orleans, in 1907, where two thousand scarlet women practice their trade in grand mansions and filthy dime-a-trick cribs, where cocaine and opium are sold over the counter, and where rye whiskey flows like an amber river, there's a killer loose. Someone is murdering Storyville prostitutes and marking each killing with a black rose. As Creole detective Valentin St. Cyr begins to investigate, he encounters a cast of characters drawn from history: Tom Anderson, the political boss who runs Storyville like a private kingdom; Lulu White, the district's most notorious madam; a young piano player who would come to be known as Jelly Roll Morton; and Buddy Bolden, the man who all but invented jazz and is now losing his mind. No ordinary mystery, Chasing the Devil's Tail is a chilling portrait of musical genius and self-destruction, set at the moment when jazz was born.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781433202506
  • ISBN-10: 1433202506
  • Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
  • Publish Date: May 2007
  • Dimensions: 7.47 x 5.42 x 0.57 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.21 pounds

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