The good pirates of the forgotten bayous : fighting to save a way of life in the wake of Hurricane Katrina /

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With a long and colorful family history of defying storms, the seafaring Robin cousins of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, make a fateful decision to ride out Hurricane Katrina on their hand-built fishing boats in a sheltered Civil War-era harbor called Violet Canal. But when Violet is overrun by kill...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wells, Ken
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2008.
Temas:
2005
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 > Social aspects > Louisiana > Saint Bernard Parish.
Working class > Louisiana > Saint Bernard Parish > Biography.
Disaster victims > Louisiana > Saint Bernard Parish > Biography.
Bayous > Louisiana > Saint Bernard Parish.
Community life > Louisiana > Saint Bernard Parish.
Ouragan Katrina, 2005 > Aspect social > Louisiane > Saint Bernard.
Travailleurs > Louisiane > Saint Bernard > Biographies.
Victimes de catastrophes > Louisiane > Saint Bernard > Biographies.
Bayous > Louisiane > Saint Bernard.
Communauté > Louisiane > Saint Bernard.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > 21st Century.
Bayous
Community life
Disaster victims
Manners and customs
Social aspects
Social conditions
Working class
Saint Bernard Parish (La.) > Biography.
Saint Bernard Parish (La.) > Social life and customs.
Saint Bernard Parish (La.) > Social conditions.
Saint Bernard (Louis.) > Biographies.
Saint Bernard (Louis.) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Saint Bernard (Louis.) > Conditions sociales.
Louisiana > Saint Bernard Parish
Biographies
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  • Contents
  • Map of the St. Bernard Parish region
  • Prologue
  • THE STORM
  • A Monster Cometh
  • 1. Ricky at the Helm
  • 2. Ronald on the Invincible Vance
  • 3. Susan Robin Goes for a Drive
  • 4. Stormy Traditions
  • 5. Cajun-Spanish Roots and Pirate Connections
  • 6. Charloâ€?s Dawn
  • 7. Matineâ€?s Dilemma
  • 8. Rickyâ€?s Ark
  • 9. Charlo Adrift
  • 10. The Human Tide
  • 11. Charlo in Limbo
  • 12. Herbie and Mikeâ€?s Strange Adventure
  • 13. The Long March
  • 14. Cruel Tuesday
  • 15. A Day of Reckoning
  • AFTERMATH
  • 16. Nine Days Beyond the Flood17. The Imperfect Storm: Anatomy of a Not Altogether Natural Disaster
  • 18. Pioneers in the Rubble
  • 19. Dancing with Boats
  • 20. A Short Journey of Hope
  • 21. Hard Realities of the â€?â€?Federal Stormâ€?â€?
  • 22. The Toll upon the Land: The MR-GO Must Go
  • Epilogue: South Toward Home
  • Notes on Sources
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author

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