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Looking for a travel guide that goes where other guides fear to tread? One that rides roughshod over ad-copy puffery to smartly deliver the real scoop on a destination's sites and attractions? One that dares to be honest, hip, and fun? Look no more. Frommer's Irreverent Travel Guides are wickedly irreverent, unabashedly honest, and downright hilarious, and provide an insider's perspective on which attractions are overrated tourist traps and which are the secret gems that locals love. You'll show more get the lowdown on restaurants, lodging, and shopping, and even find out what the locals think of you. Like being taken around by a savvy local, said the New York Times. Hipper and savvier than other guides, concurred Diversion magazine. Never shy about confronting the issues, the Irreverents are guides to real travel in the real world. Let the good times roll with Frommer's Irreverent Guide to New Orleans, the travel guide that unabashedly gives the insider perspective on one of America's most popular destinations. You'll discover where the locals go for real gumbo, how to eat mudbugs, why you should avoid at all costs during Mardi Gras, and how to survive anyway if you just can't help your show lessTags
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Published in 1998, it was interesting to review what has changed and what has not. There were some particularly snarky and interesting bits about the city government and police force.
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3 Works 64 Members
Series
Common Knowledge
- Important places
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Classifications
- Genres
- Travel, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 917.63350464 — History & geography Geography & travel Geography of and travel in North America South Central U.S. Louisiana Southeast Louisiana Orleans Parish
- LCC
- F379 .N53 .B69 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America United States local history Louisiana
- BISAC
Statistics
- Members
- 59
- Popularity
- 522,720
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (2.80)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
- UPCs
- 4
