Holding Back the Sea by Christopher Hallowell
In 1965, Hurricane Betsy struck New Orleans, breached a levee, and flooded part of the city. Still, residents knew that things could have been much worse -- "The Big One," a direct hit, could cause massive destruction. For the next forty years, locals, fishermen and scientists wondered when "The Big One" would come and if New Orleans would survive.
The answer came on August 29, 2005, when Hurricane Katrina devastated the city. In Holding Back the Sea, Christopher Hallowell investigates the long struggle to convince the rest of the country that South Louisiana lay in the path of destruction. There were warning signs; storms in 1992, 1998 and 2004 just missed New Orleans. But government inaction, disappearing wetlands, oil and gas extraction and a sinking land mass all contributed to the disaster. Holding Back the Sea is a cautionary tale about the dangers of ignoring the inevitable.Christopher Hallowell is a professor of English and Journalism at Baruch College in New York City. He is the author of several books including Listening to Earth and People of the Bayou. He is also co-author and co-editor of Green Perspectives: Thinking and Writing About Nature and the Environment. His articles have appeared in TIME, the New York Times Magazine, The Christian Science Monitor, Audubon, Geo, Natural History, and The American Scholar. Hallowell is a graduate of Harvard and received an M.S. in journalism from Columbia. He lives in Brooklyn, New York."[Holding Back the Sea] is exceptionally well-written, pages of poetic descriptions of bayou scenery, small towns and Louisiana people make it worth the effort to read." -- Baton Rouge Advocate
Hallowell, Christopher: -
Christopher Hallowell is a professor of English and journalism at Baruch College, City University of New York. He is the author of People of the Bayou, and coauthor and editor of Listening to Earth and Green Perspectives, and he lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780061124242 |
| ISBN 10 | 0061124249 |
| Title | Holding Back the Sea |
| Author | Christopher Hallowell |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Year published | 2005-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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