Title In the path of the storms : Bayou La Batre, Coden, and the Alabama coast / Frye Gaillard, Sheila Hagler, and Peggy Denniston

Published Auburn, Ala. : Pebble Hill Books/Auburn University ; Tuscaloosa, Ala. : Published with University of Alabama Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (x, 127 pages) : illustrations Contents Preface; Introduction -- Life on the Edge; 1 The Storytellers; 2 The Refugees; 3 Katrina; 4 The Long Road Back; Appendix -- Bayou Voices; Notes and Acknowledgments Summary For generations, the inhabitants of The Gulf Coast villages of Bayou La Batre and Coden have extracted their livings from the sea, sustained by a lesson handed down over time - that providing for the needs of one's family is the only true measure of success. This book offers the story of tradition and the struggle of these people to survive Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes English Print version record Subject Fishing villages -- Alabama -- History Southeast Asian Americans -- Alabama -- Gulf Coast -- History Hurricane Katrina, 2005. HISTORY -- State & Local -- General. Ethnic relations Fishing villages Southeast Asian Americans SUBJECT La Batre, Bayou (Ala.) -- History Coden (Ala.) -- History La Batre, Bayou (Ala.) -- Ethnic relations Coden (Ala.) -- Ethnic relations Subject Alabama Alabama -- Bayou La Batre Alabama -- Coden Alabama -- Gulf Coast Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Hagler, Sheila. Denniston, Peggy. ISBN 9780817380731 0817380736

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