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1) Zeitoun
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, longtime New Orleans residents Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun are cast into an unthinkable struggle with forces beyond wind and water. In the days after the storm, Abdulrahman traveled the flooded streets in a secondhand canoe, passing on supplies and helping those he could. A week later, on September 6, 2005, Zeitoun abruptly disappeared--arrested and accused of being an agent of Al-Qaeda.
Author
Publisher
Louisiana State University Press
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Caroline Dreyfous, daughter of Felix and Julia Dreyfous married Leon Weiss (died 1953), son of Theordore Weiss and Lena Silverstein. Lena was the daughter of Lazarus and Sarah Silverstein. Theodore was born in Ingwiller, Alsace, and left there with his parents, Solomon and Adelle, to settle in Louisiana. Felix Dreyfous was the son of Abel Dreyfous and Caroline Kaufman. Abel (died 1892) was born in Belfort, Alsace, son of Emanuel and Rose Dreyfous....
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
A memoir of loss, friendship, and literature explores how the author and her husband, devastated by the deaths of family members and the loss of their home in Hurricane Katrina, established a reading group with friends who also endured difficult life setbacks.
Author
Publisher
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
©[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The heartbreaking, timeless, and redemptive story of the transformative friendship binding a fallen-from-grace NFL player and a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist who meet on the streets of New Orleans, offering a rare glimpse into the precarious world of homelessness and the lingering impact of systemic racism and poverty on the lives of NOLA's citizens"--
Author
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A sumptuous photographic portrait of New Orleans' legendary cemeteries and their collage of architectural monuments, sculptural memorials, ironwork, and landscapes, shown as living structures that are unique expressions of remembrance and identity. The open-air museums of each cemetery, really tell vivid stories about the Crescent City's haunting social history. With S. Frederick Starr's introduction, Brantley's 20 brief biographies, and Heather...
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