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Author Wells, Ken.

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

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 245 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-242).
Note Print version record.
Contents ""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. Charlo�s Dawn""; ""7. Matine�s Dilemma""; ""8. Ricky�s Ark""; ""9. Charlo Adrift""; ""10. The Human Tide""; ""11. Charlo in Limbo""; ""12. Herbie and Mike�s Strange Adventure""; ""13. The Long March""; ""14. Cruel Tuesday""; ""15. A Day of Reckoning""; ""AFTERMATH""
""16. Nine Days Beyond the Flood""""17. 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 ��Federal Storm��""; ""22. The Toll upon the Land: The MR-GO Must Go""; ""Epilogue: South Toward Home""; ""Notes on Sources""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""
Subject Hurricane Katrina (2005) (OCoLC)fst01755264
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Social aspects -- Louisiana -- Saint Bernard Parish.
Saint Bernard Parish (La.) -- Biography.
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.
Saint Bernard Parish (La.) -- Social life and customs.
Saint Bernard Parish (La.) -- Social conditions.
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- 21st Century.
Bayous. (OCoLC)fst00829040
Community life. (OCoLC)fst00871028
Disaster victims. (OCoLC)fst00894774
Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01354981
Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
Working class. (OCoLC)fst01180418
Louisiana -- Saint Bernard Parish. (OCoLC)fst01217972
Chronological Term 2005
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Other Form: Print version: Wells, Ken. Good pirates of the forgotten bayous. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2008 9780300121520 (DLC) 2008017764 (OCoLC)216936064
ISBN 9780300152951 (electronic bk.)
0300152957 (electronic bk.)
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