Carnival in New Orleans, a Fantasy, a new Mardi Gras collection authored by Maurice Le Gardeur, illustrated by Robert Seago, including a Mardi Gras music CD of 16 hits by John Preble.
From the introduction: "From Epigraph to Benediction a colorful Carnival ride through New Orleans ending in a Hurricane and Recovery - a brand New Addition to Mardi Gras Art, Mythology, and Music in the real-life Emerald City, by natives who know it all." It's history, a travelogue, poetry, music, celebration, and art all wrapped into a colorful tome. Carnival in New Orleanscarries the flavor, sounds and sights of New Orleans in it's pages and in the music CD. John Sledge at the Press-Register calls it a "Colorful, fun and funny new book", with "Le Gardeur's hilarious riffs frequently veering off topic to cover nutria, Texans, gumbo, Katrina, the Northshore, Jefferson Parish, religion, politics and sex."
