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Book SynopsisDelivers a character-driven history of New Orleans at its tricentennial. Chronicling cycles of invention, struggle, death, and rebirth, Jason Berry reveals the city's survival as a triumph of diversity, its map-of-the-world neighborhoods marked by resilience despite hurricanes, epidemics, fires, and floods.
Trade ReviewCaptures the reader's attention with a cavalcade of astoundingly detailed accounts of the exploits and adventures of a cornucopia of outstanding people who have left an enduring mark on New Orleans and the conflicts that have forged its distinctive urban culture." - Ed Conroy,
The Houston Chronicle"A bold, witty, character-driven history of New Orleans, just in time for its tricentennial.--Larry Blumenfeld,
The Wall Street Journal A hypnotic biography of a unique American city. . . .
City of a Million Dreams is history writing at its best, in which high-caliber prose manages to be as interesting as its subject." -
Foreword Reviews"Berry not only traces . . . overlaps of sound and spectacle; he uses overlapping narratives. . . . We see New Orleans, after another of its near-death experiences, still stubbornly not knowing how to die when it ought to." - Garry Wills,
New York Review of Books"
City of a Million Dreams is a well-informed, masterfully-written, encapsulation of everything, good and bad, that makes New Orleans one of the most unique and adored cities in the world; it is a welcomed addition to the literature on the city." -
Louisiana History"A powerful narrative about the making of a place, against all odds." -
January Magazine"Every major city should have such a guide to its past." -
Kirkus Reviews, starred review
