650. Nathalie Dessens is returning to her
work on Gentilly and Creole New Orleans through the recent
publication of Gentilly: A New Orleans Plantation in the French Atlantic World, 1818-1851 (a book she co-edited and translated
with Virginia Meacham Gould. It features letters from the
manager of the Gentilly plantation, providing insight into
19th-century plantation life and its connection to the city. Dessens is a historian who has previously written on the topic
in her book Creole City: A Chronicle of Early American New Orleans. Nathalie Dessens is professor of history at the University of Toulouse.
