This website contains excerpts along
with some of the 172 photographs in Legendary Locals of Metairie (Arcadia Publishing, 2013) by Catherine Campanella.
Use the links here to explore a sample
of the book -- or purchase it for an in-depth view.
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A former Old Metairie resident (577 Woodvine), Carlos Marcello told Times-Picayune reporter
Iris Kelso in 1981, “I hadda move out of there. They aristocrats and think they somebody....A lot of times, they puttin'
on because they don't have money”. His take on Metairie Country Club which was just a few doors down from his home:
“You gotta die before you can get in there”. Marcello is pictured here in 1970 with his attorney G. Wray Gill.
(UPI)
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A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book is dedicated to the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation's efforts
to rebuild and maintain the historic New Canal Lighthouse.