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Author Gaillard, Frye, 1946-

Title In the path of the storms : Bayou La Batre, Coden, and the Alabama coast / Frye Gaillard, Sheila Hagler, and Peggy Denniston.

Publication Info. Auburn, Ala. : Pebble Hill Books/Auburn University ; Tuscaloosa, Ala. : Published with University of Alabama Press, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (x, 127 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Summary For generations, the inhabitants of The Gulf Coast villages of Bayou La Batre and Coden have extracted their 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. This book offers the story of tradition and the struggle of these people to survive.
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Subject Hurricane Katrina (2005)
La Batre, Bayou (Ala.) -- History.
Coden (Ala.) -- History.
Fishing villages -- Alabama -- History.
Fishing villages.
Alabama.
History.
La Batre, Bayou (Ala.) -- Ethnic relations.
Coden (Ala.) -- Ethnic relations.
Southeast Asian Americans -- Alabama -- Gulf Coast -- History.
Southeast Asian Americans.
Alabama -- Gulf Coast.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
Chronological Term 2005
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Hagler, Sheila.
Denniston, Peggy.
Other Form: Print version: Gaillard, Frye, 1946- In the path of the storms. Auburn, Ala. : Pebble Hill Books/Auburn University ; Tuscaloosa, Ala. : Published with University of Alabama Press, ©2008 9780817355043 0817355049 (DLC) 2007038380 (OCoLC)173136239
ISBN 9780817380731 (electronic book)
0817380736 (electronic book)
9780817355043 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0817355049 (paperback ; alkaline paper)