" This was, after all, New Orleans in 1890- the Crescent City of the Gilded Age, where aliases of convenience and unconventional living arrangements were anything but out of the ordinary, at least in certain parts of town. Identities were fluid here, and names and appearances weren't always the best guide to telling who was who. "

― , Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans