03047nam 2200649Ia 450 991045821900332120200520144314.01-282-57937-197866125793701-60473-462-0(CKB)2560000000011620(EBL)538043(OCoLC)642661856(SSID)ssj0000416166(PQKBManifestationID)11280002(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000416166(PQKBWorkID)10418821(PQKB)10817612(MiAaPQ)EBC538043(MdBmJHUP)muse13551(Au-PeEL)EBL538043(CaPaEBR)ebr10393300(CaONFJC)MIL257937(EXLCZ)99256000000001162020091027d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDown on the batture[electronic resource] /Oliver A. HouckJackson University Press of Mississippi20101 online resource (220 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-60473-461-2 Includes bibliographical references.Contents; The Batture; Motorcycle; Property; High Water; Superbowl; Spillway; Expressway; Elvis; Statue; Low Water; Parish Line; Southport; Molytones; Ghosts; Rivermen; High Wires; Casino; Seagulls; Joe Louis; Katrina; Rabbit; Liberty; Ferry; Cycling; Paggio; Homicide; Even; Gypsum; Fight; Gustav; Dewberries; IT; Communist; Squatters; Oil; Time; Malorie; Dog; Highest and Best; Acknowledgments; SourcesThe lower Mississippi River winds past the City of New Orleans between enormous levees and a rim of sand, mud, and trees called ""the batture."" On this remote and ignored piece of land thrives a humanity unique to the region-ramblers, artists, drinkers, fishers, rabbit hunters, dog walkers, sunset watchers, and refugees from Immigration, alimony, and other aspects of modern life. Author Oliver A. Houck has frequented this place for the past twenty-five years. Down on the Batture describes a life, pastoral, at times marginal, but remarkably fecund and surprising. From this place he meditates oCommunity lifeLouisianaNew Orleans RegionNew Orleans Region (La.)Social life and customsNew Orleans Region (La.)Environmental conditionsNew Orleans Region (La.)Description and travelNew Orleans Region (La.)BiographyMississippi River RegionSocial life and customsMississippi River RegionEnvironmental conditionsMississippi River RegionDescription and travelElectronic books.Community life976.3/35Houck Oliver A879508MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458219003321Down on the batture1963776UNINA