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1) Zeitoun
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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
Spiegel and Grau
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
"Nine Lives" explores New Orleans through the lives of nine characters over 40 years, bracketed by two epic hurricanes. It brings back to life the doomed city, its wondrous subcultures, and the rich and colorful lives that played themselves out within its borders.
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...
Author
Publisher
Blue Rider Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"For twenty years, James Carville and Mary Matalin have held the mantle of the nation's most politically opposed, ideologically mismatched, and intensely opinionated couple. In this follow-up to their groundbreaking All's Fair : Love, War, and Running for President, Carville and Matalin take a look at how they--and America--have changed in the last two decades. If nothing else, this new collaboration proves that after twenty years of marriage they...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"An authoritative biography of the second-highest-ranking and most controversial Confederate general, who rejoined the Union after the Civil War, advising other Confederate soldiers to put that war behind them. After joining an interracial government in New Orleans, Longstreet fought against white supremacists when they attacked these postwar elected officials, for which he was vilified and attacked by other Southerners, and blamed for the South's...
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