| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 245 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map |
| 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 |
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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 ��Federal Storm�� -- 22. The Toll upon the Land: The MR-GO Must Go -- Epilogue: South Toward Home -- Notes on Sources -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author |
| Summary |
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 killer surges, the Robins must summon all their courage, seamanship, and cunning to save themselves and the scores of others suddenly cast into their care. In this gripping saga, Louisiana native Ken Wells provides a close-up look at the harrowing experiences in the backwaters of New Orleans during and after Katrina. Focusing on the plight of the intrepid Robin family, whose members trace their local roots to before the American Revolution, Wells recounts the landfall of the storm and the tumultuous seventy-two hours afterward, when the Robins' beloved bayou country lay catastrophically flooded and all but forgotten by outside authorities as the world focused its attention on New Orleans. Wells follows his characters for more than two years as they strive, amid mind-boggling wreckage and governmental fecklessness, to rebuild their shattered lives. This is a story about the deep longing for home and a proud bayou people's love of the fertile but imperiled low country that has nourished them |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-242) |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Social aspects -- Louisiana -- Saint Bernard Parish
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Working class -- Louisiana -- Saint Bernard Parish -- Biography
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Disaster victims -- Louisiana -- Saint Bernard Parish -- Biography
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Bayous -- Louisiana -- Saint Bernard Parish
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Community life -- Louisiana -- Saint Bernard Parish
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- 21st Century.
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Bayous
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Community life
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Disaster victims
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Manners and customs
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Social aspects
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Social conditions
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Working class
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| SUBJECT |
Saint Bernard Parish (La.) -- Biography
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Saint Bernard Parish (La.) -- Social life and customs
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Saint Bernard Parish (La.) -- Social conditions
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| Subject |
Louisiana -- Saint Bernard Parish
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008017764 |
| ISBN |
9780300152951 |
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0300152957 |
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1282352911 |
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9781282352919 |
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0300121520 |
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9780300121520 |
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9786612352911 |
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6612352914 |
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