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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778045203321

Autore

Gaillard Frye <1946->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Auburn, Ala., : Pebble Hill Books/Auburn University

Tuscaloosa, Ala., : Published with University of Alabama Press, c2008

ISBN

0-8173-8073-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (140 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HaglerSheila

DennistonPeggy

Disciplina

976.1/22

Soggetti

Fishing villages - Alabama - History

Southeast Asian Americans - Alabama - Gulf Coast - History

Hurricane Katrina, 2005

La Batre, Bayou (Ala.) History

Coden (Ala.) History

La Batre, Bayou (Ala.) Ethnic relations

Coden (Ala.) Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

The Gulf Coast villages of Bayou La Batre and Coden are two of Alabama's most distinctive, with roots going back to the French settlements of the 18th century. For generations, the proud inhabitants of these communities have extracted their modest 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. But the world has changed drastically for them. A global economy of higher gas prices and cheap imported seafood has threatened the lifeblood of the area. And in recent years a rash of hurricanes, c