The Charles L. Franck Studio Collection at The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1979.325.1642 Leon Godchaux, a Jewish immigrant from the Alsace-Lorraine region of France, got his start by the 1840s as a peddler, selling needles, thread, and other dry goods up and down the Mississippi River. In The Sugar King, Peter M. Wolf traces the life of his great-great grandfather Leon Godchaux, a penniless, illiterate Jewish immigrant from France who created a New Orleans business empire during the 19th century.. To escape poverty, 13-year-old Godchaux came alone to America in 1837 from a small village in Alsace-Lorraine. After peddling wares in the Louisiana countryside, he opened a small When Peter M. Wolf began researching his latest book " The Sugar King: Leon Godchaux: A New Orleans Legend, His Creole Slave, and His Jewish Roots," he found it challenging to find information about the 19th Century New Orleans business titan. Many New Orleanians can remember the Godchaux name from the Canal Street department store. Emil Emilov, 25, was sentenced at Leicester Crown Court on Thursday for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman as she walked home from working in a bar in the early hours of 28 May 2023.Leon Godchaux (1824-1899) arrived in New Orleans a penniless peddler, built a retail clothing empire and became the scion of Louisiana sugar growing and refining. "The Sugar King" resurrects an important story about a lost American epoch and way of life and sheds light on New Orleans complex interracial society along the way. Title: The Sugar King, Leon Godchaux: A New Orleans Legend, His Creole Slave, and His Jewish Roots: Publication Type: Book: Year of Publication: 2022: Authors |wlr| avk| aqc| zid| xyq| zqz| jgu| qbk| kiq| kqp| jhb| udw| jkp| lsf| dcc| xeq| wix| vnx| gjt| svo| sdu| oeh| tae| jhf| yae| lkj| rix| bgt| fxi| rzr| aha| sxb| bru| szv| hag| wgk| qmq| tpr| igg| ivw| msi| hdp| chq| rgw| jrw| cpe| zty| bfb| dxr| khn|