Holding back the sea
Subtitle: the struggle for America's natural legacy on the Gulf Coast
By: Christopher Hallowell.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: Wetlands -- Louisiana.; Wetland ecology -- Louisiana.; Louisiana -- Environmental conditions.
Description: "Exposes the vulnerability of this stark land that spreads along the Gulf Coast, as it literally vanishes."--Cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-252) and index.
Maps on endpapers.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction xiii; title: one Jim Daisy's Legacy I; title: two No Marsh, No Oysters 11; title: three Dying and Resurrection in South Louisiana 39; title: four Oil Now and Then 67; title: five The Prince of Shrimpers 97; title: six Peanut's Hunt 115; title: seven The Marsh Eaters 137; title: eight The Mistake 153; title: nine Jack Caldwell's Big Day 181; title: ten Lessons Learned 191; title: eleven LA Goes to D.C. 213; title: twelve Coming to Terms 229; title: Selected Sources 245; title: Suggested Additional Reading 251; title: Index 253.