author
Ray Samuel
A New Orleans writer with a deep feel for local history, place, and storytelling, he helped bring the city's neighborhoods and the Mississippi River to life for general readers. His books reflect a clear affection for Louisiana's past and the people who shaped it.
1 Audiobook
The Great Days of the Garden District, and the Old City of Lafayette
by Martha Ann Brett Samuel, Ray Samuel
About the author
Ray Samuel is known for books centered on New Orleans and the lower Mississippi, including The Great Days of the Garden District and the Old City of Lafayette, written with Martha Ann Brett Samuel, and Tales of the Mississippi, created with Leonard V. Huber and Warren C. Ogden. The surviving catalog and edition records available online connect his name especially with historical and regional nonfiction.
His work suggests a writer interested in making local history vivid and approachable rather than distant or academic. Whether focusing on the Garden District or the long story of the Mississippi, he appears to have written for readers who wanted a strong sense of place, character, and cultural memory.
Reliable biographical detail about his personal life is limited in the sources I could confirm, so this overview stays close to the record of his published work. Even so, that record shows a lasting contribution to books about New Orleans and the river world around it.