Book description
Fear Dat New Orleans explores the eccentric and often macabre dark corners of America's most unique city. In addition to detailed histories of bizarre burials, ghastly murders, and the greatest concentration of haunted places in America, Fear Dat features a "bone watcher's guide" with useful directions of who's buried where,…
Why read it?
1 author picked Fear Dat New Orleans as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
A unique city such as New Orleans should have unique guidebooks. Fear Dat is just that.
While the book gives the usual tourist information about hotels, restaurants, shops, and tours, it has so much more. Fear Dat is full of stories of the cemeteries, Voodoo, ghosts, vampires, and more.
Whether it’s your first visit or your twentieth, this book will get you ready for a trip to the Crescent City.
From Jen's list on The best books to get to know mysterious New Orleans.
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