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Down in New Orleans : reflections from a drowned city /

"Post-Katrina New Orleans hasn't been an easy place to live, it hasn't been an easy place to be in love, it hasn't been an easy place to take care of yourself or see the bright side of things." So reflects Billy Sothern in this riveting and unforgettable insider's chron...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sothern, Billy, 1977-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Post-Katrina New Orleans hasn't been an easy place to live, it hasn't been an easy place to be in love, it hasn't been an easy place to take care of yourself or see the bright side of things." So reflects Billy Sothern in this riveting and unforgettable insider's chronicle of the epic 2005 disaster and the year that followed. Sothern, a death penalty lawyer who with his wife, photographer Nikki Page, arrived in the Crescent City four years ahead of Katrina, delivers a haunting, personal, and quintessentially American story. Writing with an idealist's passion, a journalist's eye for detail, an
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxi, 346 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-334) and index.
ISBN:9780520933842
0520933842
9781435602007
1435602005
1282762281
9781282762282
9786612762284
6612762284