The first history of the Faubourg Marigny from the earliest times to the present day.

Published by Louisiana State University Press. Available from booksellers, directly from the Press, and of course Amazon. 

Please patronize your local bookstores!

By Scott S. Ellis, author of Madame Vieux Carre, The French Quarter in the Twentieth Century (University Press of Mississippi, 2009)

www.madamevieuxcarre.com

Check out my YouTube channel , Marigny History


“THE FLAMBOYANT 19TH-CENTURY CREOLE ARISTOCRAT WHO BUILT NEW ORLEANS’ FIRST SUBURB” has been published (16 May 2019) by Zocalo Public Square, as part of What it Means to Be American, a national conversation hosted by the Smithsonian Institution and Arizona State University.

https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2019/05/16/the-flamboyant-19th-century-creole-aristocrat-who-built-new-orleans-first-suburb/ideas/essay/

I was interviewed for the WWNO Program, “This Reading Life” by Susan Larson, broadcast 3 March 2019.

https://www.wwno.org/post/reading-life-ken-wells-and-scott-ellis

I was on the panel, “Won’t You Be My (New Orleans) Neighborhood?” on 30 March, 2019 at the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival

https://www.c-span.org/video/?458821-4/discussion-orleans-neighborhoods

The second signing was held at the Hotel Peter and Paul, 2317 Burgundy on 6 December 2018. Many thanks to Nathalie Jordi and her wonderful staff for making this happen. The hotel is a very welcome addition to the Marigny and I highly recommend it.

https://hotelpeterandpaul.com

Another signing was held at Faubourg Marigny Art & Books, 600 Frenchmen in October 2019. Many thanks to David and his staff!