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 +"For time untold [[Mississippi River|the River]] had carried mud down, most of it swept out into the sea, a small part rescued in the land's final clutch. And now, [[New Orleans|the city]] founded, the ocean currents began to bring inland deposits of a different sort, human flotsam, hardy adventurers, priests, thieves, cutthroats, pimps, and girls of easy virtue recruited in France to assuage loneliness. Men of many kinds and conditions from widespread parts of the world, in two hundred years the living deposits came to include French, Spanish, Italians, the exiled [[Acadian]]s, Americans, and, of course, the Negroes, first from West Africa, later by way of Haiti and other Caribbean islands : white sediment and black sediment settling out in strata on the wet brown mud."--''[[Shining Trumpets, a History of Jazz]]'' (1946) by Rudi Blesh, p. 152
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-New Orleans is one of the most visited cities in [[United States|America]] and has many major attractions such as the [[French Quarter]]'s notorious [[nightlife]]. In 1897 the quasi-legal [[red light district]] called [[Storyville]] opened and soon became a famous attraction of the city.+'''New Orleans''' is one of the most visited cities in [[United States|America]] and has many major attractions such as the [[French Quarter]]'s notorious [[nightlife]]. It is considered the birthplace of [[jazz]]. In 1897 the quasi-legal [[red-light district]] called [[Storyville, New Orleans |Storyville]] opened and soon became a famous attraction of the city.
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== See also == == See also ==
-*[[Pretty Baby (film)]]+*[[Dr. John ]]
-*[[Jazz]]+*[[History of jazz]]
-*[[Storyville]]+*[[Storyville, New Orleans]]
 +* [[Bohemianism]]
 +* [[Adah Isaacs Menken]]
 +* ''[[Pretty Baby (1978 film) ]]''
 +* [[Piazza d'Italia (New Orleans)|Piazza d'Italia]] by C Moore, New Orleans 1979
 +* ''[[Interview with the Vampire]]'' (1973) by Anne Rice
 +*''[[A Confederacy of Dunces]]'' (1980) by John Kennedy Toole
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"For time untold the River had carried mud down, most of it swept out into the sea, a small part rescued in the land's final clutch. And now, the city founded, the ocean currents began to bring inland deposits of a different sort, human flotsam, hardy adventurers, priests, thieves, cutthroats, pimps, and girls of easy virtue recruited in France to assuage loneliness. Men of many kinds and conditions from widespread parts of the world, in two hundred years the living deposits came to include French, Spanish, Italians, the exiled Acadians, Americans, and, of course, the Negroes, first from West Africa, later by way of Haiti and other Caribbean islands : white sediment and black sediment settling out in strata on the wet brown mud."--Shining Trumpets, a History of Jazz (1946) by Rudi Blesh, p. 152

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New Orleans is one of the most visited cities in America and has many major attractions such as the French Quarter's notorious nightlife. It is considered the birthplace of jazz. In 1897 the quasi-legal red-light district called Storyville opened and soon became a famous attraction of the city.

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