| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 346 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
A man leaves home -- A stranger comes to town -- "This blues is just too big" -- A dollar short -- Poor, nasty, brutish, and short -- Not in my backyard -- Left to die -- Bring the war home -- The dry run of the apocalypse -- History repeats itself -- Going home -- Oxford town -- I do believe I've had enough -- Everyday reminders -- Second line -- Gideon's blues -- Live from the Circle Bar -- Corporate limits -- Fat Tuesday -- Hard lot -- La Nueva Orleans -- Yours in struggle -- In the parish -- Not resigned -- Epitaph |
| Summary |
"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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-334) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
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Hurricanes -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
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Disaster victims -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
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Emergency management -- Government policy -- United States
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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Disaster victims
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Emergency management -- Government policy
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Hurricanes
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Louisiana -- New Orleans
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780520933842 |
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0520933842 |
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9781435602007 |
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1435602005 |
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1282762281 |
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9781282762282 |
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9786612762284 |
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6612762284 |
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