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Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana's Cajun Coast Paperback - 2004
by Mike Tidwell
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Mike Tidwell knew nothing of the disappearing bayou country when he first visited the Cajun coast of Louisiana, but the evidence was all around him: the skeletons of oak trees killed by the salinity of the groundwater, whole cemeteries sinking into swampland and out of sight, telephone poles in deep, standing water. Thanks to human hands, the storied Louisiana coast was eroding, subsiding, and joining the Gulf of Mexico---making it the fastest disappearing landmass on Earth. Yet no one seemed to know how to talk about the problem. Tidwell, a celebrated travel and environmental writer, decided to begin the much-needed conversation, and this vivid, elegiac book is the result.
Tidwell introduces us to the surprisingly varied population of the area: the Cajun men and women who work the seasonal shrimp harvest, the Vietnamese fishermen, the Houma Indians driven to the farthest ends of the bayou by the first European settlers. He describes the food, the music, the culture, and the life of all those who live along the bayous. And under his keenly observant eye, the bayou itself becomes a compelling character---reminding us of how much we stand to lose if we fail to address the problems facing this most vibrant of places.
Part travelogue, part environmental expose, Bayou Farewell is the richly evocative chronicle of the author's travels through a place and a way of life that are vanishing virtually before our eyes.
Tidwell introduces us to the surprisingly varied population of the area: the Cajun men and women who work the seasonal shrimp harvest, the Vietnamese fishermen, the Houma Indians driven to the farthest ends of the bayou by the first European settlers. He describes the food, the music, the culture, and the life of all those who live along the bayous. And under his keenly observant eye, the bayou itself becomes a compelling character---reminding us of how much we stand to lose if we fail to address the problems facing this most vibrant of places.
Part travelogue, part environmental expose, Bayou Farewell is the richly evocative chronicle of the author's travels through a place and a way of life that are vanishing virtually before our eyes.
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- Title Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana's Cajun Coast
- Author Mike Tidwell
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Fifth Printing
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date March 9, 2004
- ISBN 9780375725173 / 0375725172
- Weight 0.82 lbs (0.37 kg)
- Dimensions 8.06 x 5.36 x 0.79 in (20.47 x 13.61 x 2.01 cm)
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- Cultural Region: Deep South
- Cultural Region: South
- Geographic Orientation: Louisiana
- Topical: Ecology
- Library of Congress subjects Gulf Coast (La.) - Description and travel, Gulf Coast (La.) - Environmental conditions
- Dewey Decimal Code 976
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- Kliatt, 05/01/2004, Page 40
- USA Today, 09/07/2005, Page 1
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