Paperback, ISBN 979-8-9929491-2-4
 
Compiled and edited by : William Struve 
 
A reproduction of the 1907 edition of the annual "Blue Book" directory from the Storyville red-light district of New Orleans with a new forward by the New Orleans Storyville Museum.  A so-called "directory of pleasure”, the Blue Book lists madams, their brothels, and hundreds of prostitutes along with full-page advertisements for restaurants, saloons, billiard halls, champagne, liquor, beer, wine, cigars, jewelry, pawn shops, lawyers, druggists, and supposed VD cures. The Blue Book was compiled by William Struve (ca. 1872-1937) under the pseudonym "Billy News." A former police reporter for the New Orleans Item, Struve was a close friend and associate of Thomas "Tom" C. Anderson (1858-1931), an entrepreneur, state legislator, and the so-called Mayor of Storyville.  Not much is known about Billy Struve aside from his work as a police reporter and his work on this publication.