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作       者:Hallowell, Christopher

出  版  社:HarperCollins e-books

出版时间:2010-08-01

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Katrina's arrival on the Gulf Coast was a long time in coming. But it was assured. Since 1965, when Hurricane Betsy struck New Orleans, breached a levee, and flooded part of the city, everyone was waiting and talking about when the Big One would strike and do even more damage. Katrina was that hurricane, predictedand imagined before she struck, but so much worse in her reality.Holding Back the Sea is about the consequences of ignoring the warning signs that nature provides and the struggle to convince the rest of the country that South Louisiana lay in the path of destruction. The signs were not subtle; there were Hurricanes Andrew in 1992, George and Mitch in 1998, and Ivan in 2004, among others. At one time or another in their journeys north, they all threatened New Orleans. Some had headed right for the city before veering to the east and west, sparing the Big Easy and reinforcing the nickname. But the Big Easy ended -- at least in reputation -- on August 29, 2005, when the Big One came ashore as Katrina.
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Cover Page

Title Page

Dedication

Epigraph

Table of Contents

Maps

Introduction

Chapter One Jim Daisy’s Legacy

Chapter Two No Marsh, No Oysters

Chapter Three Dying and Resurrection in South Louisiana

Chapter Four Oil Now and Then

Chapter Five The Prince of Shrimpers

Chapter Six Peanut’s Hunt

Chapter Seven The Marsh Eaters

Photographic Insert

Chapter Eight The Mistake

Chapter Nine Jack Caldwell’s Big Day

Chapter Ten Lessons Learned

Chapter Eleven LA Goes to D.C.

Chapter Twelve Coming to Terms

Selected Sources

Suggested Additional Reading

Index

Acknowledgments

About the Author

PRAISE FOR Holding Back the Sea

Also by Christopher Hallowell

Copyright

About the Publisher

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