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Join author Miriam Davis for an Author Panel entitled Getting at the Real Story: Creating Compelling Nonfiction. The panel is a part of the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival, and will be held at Muriel's Jackson Square Restaurant (New Orleans, LA) at 10am.
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival's panel description:
10 AM GETTING AT THE REAL STORY: CREATING COMPELLING NONFICTION Lorraine Boissoneault found her inspiration in a group of teens for The Last Voyageurs: Retracing La Salle’s Journey across America, Sixteen Teenagers on the Adventure of a Lifetime; Jack Davis found his great story of politics and geography in Gulf: The Making of an American Sea; Miriam Davis was drawn into an age-old murder case in The Axeman of New Orleans; and Jeremy Alford and Tyler Bridges went behind the political scenes in Long Shot: A Soldier, A Senator, A Serious Sin and an Epic Louisiana Election. Susan Larson moderates.
A panel pass is required for this event. A Single Panel Pass is $10 and is only available onsite at the Festival box office during the Festival. Other ticket options are available and can be found at http://www.tennesseewilliams.net/buy-tickets.
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Published Mar 2017
Between 1910 and 1919, a brutal serial killer terrorized New Orleans. Known as the Axeman, he stalked the city's Italian grocers, leaving a trail of gruesome murders and public panic in his wake. This is the true story of the Axeman's reign of terror, the innocent men accused, and the dark secrets that haunted the Crescent City.
Miriam C. Davis expertly weaves together a historical narrative of the Axeman's crimes, the social and cultural context of early 20th-century New Orleans, and the gripping account of the wrongly accused Iorlando Jordano and his son Frank. Uncover the truth behind the legend, the real identity of the killer, and the shocking aftermath that continued long after the Axeman left New Orleans. For fans of true crime, New Orleans history, and tales of unsolved mysteries.