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| | Holding Back the Sea:
The Struggle for America's Natural Legacy on the Gulf Coast
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| | by Christopher Hallowell
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ZIN Product Number: 10004281
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 Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Edition: 1 ED
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 0060194464
Release Date: Jan 2, 2003
| |  | | | In Brief
Hallowell (journalism and creative writing, Baruch College-CUNY) describes the vulnerability of the land along Louisiana's Gulf Coast as it is eroded, starved for nutrients, and dredged. He expands his discussion to examine the American tradition of refusing to recognize the finiteness of nature while simultaneously proclaiming devotion to it and chronicles the beginnings of collaboration with nature that are in nascent stages in South Louisiana.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
| | | | From The Publisher
In the Mississippi River Delta, 25 to 30 square miles—a land mass twice the size of Manhattan—vanishes each year. Using this crisis to examine America's reluctance to accept the fragility of nature, journalist Christopher Hallowell also explores the dangers facing the rest of the country, from the Long Island Sound to the San Francisco Bay.
Here Hallowell tells of massive erosion and rising sea levels in the Delta that threaten 40 percent of the nation's wetlands, one-third of the nation's fish harvest, oil and gas reserves, local residents, and New Orleans itself. This engrossing narrative—as entertaining as it is educational—centers on the environmentalists, engineers, politicians, and fishermen who are struggling to reverse the loss of an essential element of our nation's natural heritage.
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| | | |  | | | | Introduction | | | 1 | Jim Daisy's Legacy | 1 | | 2 | No Marsh, No Oysters | 11 | | 3 | Dying and Resurrection in South Louisiana | 39 | | 4 | Oil Now and Then | 67 | | 5 | The Prince of Shrimpers | 97 | | 6 | Peanut's Hunt | 115 | | 7 | The Marsh Eaters | 137 | | 8 | The Mistake | 153 | | 9 | Jack Caldwell's Big Day | 181 | | 10 | Lessons Learned | 191 | | 11 | LA Goes to D.C. | 213 | | 12 | Coming to Terms | 229 | | Selected Sources | 245 | | Suggested Additional Reading | 251 | | Index | 253 |
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