Download or read book Metairie, Ames, High written by Earl Higgins and published by Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mixture of history and geography, this entertaining book provides anecdotes about some of the people whose names are memorialized on street signs in this Louisiana parish. The naming process and name changes are covered as well. Inspired by John Chase's classic book Frenchmen, Desire, Good Children . . . and Other Streets of New Orleans, this light and funny read both informs and amuses.