About Books, June 21, 2008

Ned Sublette is a composer, guitarist, and leading scholar of Cuban music. He spent a year in New Orleans prior to Katrina and the result was a new book, "The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square." The book tells the story of New Orleans' first century, approximately 1719 to 1819, and the influence that Spain, France, Santo Domingo and the English had on the city. You'll meet all kinds of fascinating characters and learn a lot about the origins, slave history and the music and dances of New Orleans.

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