The Hurricanes : one high school team's homecoming after Katrina / Jeré Longman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Longman, Jere.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Football--Louisiana--Plaquemines Parish--History--21 century.

Football.

High schools--Louisiana.

High schools.

Louisiana.

Physical Description:

vi, 359 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : PublicAffairs, [2008]

Summary:

Offers an inspirational account of one high school football team's quest for a state championship in hurricane-ravaged Louisiana, describing how students from several devastated communities came together to form South Plaquemines High, the creation of a football team from former rivals, the hardships they had to overcome to achieve success, and more.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Storm Warning 1

Chapter 2 A Tide of Extraordinary Circumstances 22

Chapter 3 A New School Opens 40

Chapter 4 A Chance to Equal Our Strife 58

Chapter 5 "Son of a Gun, We'll Have Big Fun on the Bayou" 77

Chapter 6 "Call Everybody! Call the White House!" 96

Chapter 7 "They Can't Call Us Paper Champions Anymore" 105

Chapter 8 A Chain's as Strong as Its Weakest Link 110

Chapter 9 "I Can't Sit. I've Got to Play." 125

Chapter 10 "Like Pit Bulls on a Fresh Pack of Pork Chops" 137

Chapter 11 "Like Chasing a Ghost" 147

Chapter 12 "If There Was a Time to Live, It's Now" 163

Chapter 13 "Like the Storm Keeps Happening Over and Over" 173

Chapter 14 "Nothingness Builds Bridges to Nowhere" 180

Chapter 15 A Coach Suspended, a Player Hurt 193

Chapter 16 "I'd Rather Them Do Anything But This." 200

Chapter 17 Bloody Mary 214

Chapter 18 Controlled Rage 225

Chapter 19 "How 'Bout Them Cowboys!" 237

Chapter 20 Life on the Half Shell 252

Chapter 21 "Knock Somebody Out!" 271

Chapter 22 An Opponent Named Desire 282

Chapter 23 Crutch in the Hole 299

Chapter 24 Big Stage Right There 316.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 347) and index.

ISBN:

9781586486730

158648673X

OCLC:

227002073