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200 10$aDown on the batture$b[electronic resource] /$fOliver A. Houck
210   $aJackson $cUniversity Press of Mississippi$d2010
215   $a1 online resource (220 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-60473-461-2 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references.
327   $aContents; 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; Sources
330   $aThe 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 o
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607   $aNew Orleans Region (La.)$xEnvironmental conditions
607   $aNew Orleans Region (La.)$xDescription and travel
607   $aNew Orleans Region (La.)$vBiography
607   $aMississippi River Region$xSocial life and customs
607   $aMississippi River Region$xEnvironmental conditions
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