Jason Berry (author)

The scene captured the history and culture of the city in microcosm-a city legendary for its noisy, complicated, tradition-rich splendor. Chronicling cycles of invention, struggle, death, and rebirth, Berry reveals the city's survival as a triumph of diversity, its map-of-the-world neighborhoods marked by resilience despite hurricanes, epidemics, fires, and floods.

The scene captured the history and culture of the city in microcosm-a city legendary for its noisy, complicated, tradition-rich splendor. Chronicling cycles of invention, struggle, death, and rebirth, Berry reveals the city's survival as a triumph of diversity, its map-of-the-world neighborhoods marked by resilience despite hurricanes, epidemics, fires, and floods.