Author Night: Crime in Colonial New Orleans

Join us and author David Schneider, who will be speaking about his book, "Crime in Colonial New Orleans: Terror on the Frontier."

The French colonial empire was a brutal money-making machine. And French society, which was carefully organized by the Church and the Crown, broke down in the environment of the Gulf Coast, from New Orleans to Biloxi. The Catholic church lost control of social morals. The colonial regime was unable, or altogether disinterested, to provide for the basic needs of colonists. In this environment, things were very tense, and very wild, but the stories are fascinating, invigorating tales of life on the edge of empire.

Author Night is free and open to all!

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