Publisher's Synopsis
After 150 years of cover-ups, calculated omissions, discrepancies, subtle half-truths, frauds, forgeries, falsified records, doctored documents, distortions, phoney oil portraits, retouched and digitally altered photos, and blatant lies, finally, the true history of the New Orleans Cr�oles is told. New Orleans History Manual is required reading for everyone living in the United States. The information contained within these three volumes devoted to New Orleans Cr�ole lineage, New Orleans Cr�oles and the military, and New Orleans Cr�ole culture, solves some of the many mysteries and contradictions that swirl around the history of the Crescent City. This information will alter and expand your world view, as well as inspire you with even more questions. It will make you see the history of the United States, the Caribbean, Latin America, Western Europe, North American Indians, and women, differently. Can the study of the 169 detailed, New Orleans Cr�ole genealogies contained in these three volumes, yielding the identities of thousands of individuals, reveal the hidden and true history of the city of New Orleans and answer the following questions and much more? The answer is a resounding yes!