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Author:

Sothern, Billy, 1977-

Title:

Down in New Orleans : reflections from a drowned city / Billy Sothern ; photographs by Nikki Page.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xxi, 346 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
Hurricanes--New Orleans.--New Orleans.
Disaster victims--New Orleans.--New Orleans.
Emergency management--Government policy--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-334) and index.

Contents:

A man leaves home -- A stranger comes to town -- "This blues is just too big" -- A dollar short -- Poor, nasty, brutish, and short -- Not in my backyard -- Left to die -- Bring the war home -- The dry run of the apocalypse -- History repeats itself -- Going home -- Oxford town -- I do believe I've had enough -- Everyday reminders -- Second line -- Gideon's blues -- Live from the Circle Bar -- Corporate limits -- Fat Tuesday -- Hard lot -- La Nueva Orleans -- Yours in struggle -- In the parish -- Not resigned -- Epitaph.

ISBN:

0520251490 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520251496 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)78070562

LCCN:

2007000213

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

RMPB397 -- Bayard Public Library (Bayard)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)