Voodoo Dreams: A Novel of Marie Laveau -- Jewell Parker Rhodes

<p>The story of Marie Laveau, the character featured on <i>American Horror Story: Coven</i>. <p/>New Orleans in the mid-nineteenth century: a potent mix of whites, Creoles, free blacks, and African slaves, a city pulsing with crowds, commerce, and an undercurrent of secret power. The source of this power is the voodoo religion, and its queen is Marie Laveau, the notorious voodooienne, worshipped and feared by blacks and whites alike.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Jewell Parker Rhodes<br><b>Publisher:</b> St. Martins Press-3PL<br><b>Published:</b> 09/05/2000<br><b>Pages:</b> 448<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.15lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.10d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780312119317<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Booklist</i> 02/15/1998 pg. 979<br><i>Publishers Weekly</i> 12/19/1994<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><p>J<b>ewell Parker Rhodes </b>is a professor of American literature and creative writing at Arizona State University. The recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Award in Fiction, she lives with her husband and two children in Scottsdale, Arizona.</p></p>