Down on the batture / Oliver A. Houck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Houck, Oliver A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community life--Louisiana--New Orleans Region.

Community life.

New Orleans Region (La.)--Social life and customs.

New Orleans Region (La.).

New Orleans Region (La.)--Environmental conditions.

New Orleans Region (La.)--Description and travel.

New Orleans Region (La.)--Biography.

Mississippi River Region--Social life and customs.

Mississippi River Region.

Mississippi River Region--Environmental conditions.

Mississippi River Region--Description and travel.

Houck, Oliver A--Travel--Louisiana--New Orleans Region.

Houck, Oliver A.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The 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

Contents:

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; Sources

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-62103-274-4

1-282-57937-1

9786612579370

1-60473-462-0

OCLC:

642661856