LOST LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN RESORTS & ATTRACTIONS

Pleasure seekers have visited Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, for more than two centuries. From grand resorts to simple camps, these shores welcomed visitors by steamboat and train to dance, dine, drink and gamble. Campanella takes the reader on a fascinating look back at the camps, restaurants and amusement parks lost to nature, neglect and changing times. Illus.