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In the path of the storms : Bayou La Batre, Coden, and the Alabama coast / Frye Gaillard, Sheila Hagler, and Peggy Denniston.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gaillard, Frye, 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fishing villages--Alabama--History.
- Fishing villages.
- Southeast Asian Americans--Alabama--Gulf Coast--History.
- Southeast Asian Americans.
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
- La Batre, Bayou (Ala.)--History.
- La Batre, Bayou (Ala.).
- Coden (Ala.)--History.
- Coden (Ala.).
- La Batre, Bayou (Ala.)--Ethnic relations.
- Coden (Ala.)--Ethnic relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (140 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Auburn, Ala. : Pebble Hill Books/Auburn University ; Tuscaloosa, Ala. : Published with University of Alabama Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8073-6
- OCLC:
- 426052336
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