BOOKS ABOUT GULF COAST/NOLA
In Dr. Heidi Cullen's, Weather Channel Blog recently, she mentioned
"... some great books out there on the history of the Gulf Coast. One is called "Rising Tide : The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America" by John Barry. Another is about the loss of wetlands and is called "Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana's Cajun Coast" by Mike Tidwell."
Unfortunately, neither of these books is available at EGVPL (but can be found at both Schaumburg and Arlington Heights libraries--a patron could use Inter-Library Loan to get them). However, there are some other books--not many--that the Elk Grove Village Public Library has that cover some of the history of the region, floods, and hurricanes; some are pictorials that may be the only record now of what may be now lost:
Cemeteries of New Orleans: A Journey Through the Cities of the Dead (2005) text by Jan Arrigo; photography by Laura McElroy (New 917.6335 ARR)
New Orleans: A Pictorial History (1991) by Leonard V. Huber (976.335 HUB)
New Orleans, a Picture Book to Remember Her By (1978) designed by David Gibbon (917.6335 SMA)
Mississippi 24/7: 24 Hours, 7 Days, Extraordinary Images of One Week in Mississippi (2004) created by Rick Smolan and David Elliot Cohen (976.2 MIS)
Delta Time: a Journey through Mississippi (1990) by Tony Dunbar; photographs by Patty Still (330.977 DUN)
Mighty Mississippi: Biography of a River (1982) by Marquis W. Childs (977 CHI)
The Mississippi and the Making of a Nation: From the Louisiana purchase to Today (2002) by Stephen E. Ambrose and Douglas G. Brinkley; photography by Sam Abell (977 AMB)
Floods (1997) by Michael Allaby (551.489 ALL)
Hurricanes by Michael Allaby (551.552 ALL)
Hurricane Watch: Forecasting the Deadliest Storms on Earth by Bob Sheets and Jack Williams (551.6452 SHE)
"... some great books out there on the history of the Gulf Coast. One is called "Rising Tide : The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America" by John Barry. Another is about the loss of wetlands and is called "Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana's Cajun Coast" by Mike Tidwell."
Unfortunately, neither of these books is available at EGVPL (but can be found at both Schaumburg and Arlington Heights libraries--a patron could use Inter-Library Loan to get them). However, there are some other books--not many--that the Elk Grove Village Public Library has that cover some of the history of the region, floods, and hurricanes; some are pictorials that may be the only record now of what may be now lost:
Cemeteries of New Orleans: A Journey Through the Cities of the Dead (2005) text by Jan Arrigo; photography by Laura McElroy (New 917.6335 ARR)
New Orleans: A Pictorial History (1991) by Leonard V. Huber (976.335 HUB)
New Orleans, a Picture Book to Remember Her By (1978) designed by David Gibbon (917.6335 SMA)
Mississippi 24/7: 24 Hours, 7 Days, Extraordinary Images of One Week in Mississippi (2004) created by Rick Smolan and David Elliot Cohen (976.2 MIS)
Delta Time: a Journey through Mississippi (1990) by Tony Dunbar; photographs by Patty Still (330.977 DUN)
Mighty Mississippi: Biography of a River (1982) by Marquis W. Childs (977 CHI)
The Mississippi and the Making of a Nation: From the Louisiana purchase to Today (2002) by Stephen E. Ambrose and Douglas G. Brinkley; photography by Sam Abell (977 AMB)
Floods (1997) by Michael Allaby (551.489 ALL)
Hurricanes by Michael Allaby (551.552 ALL)
Hurricane Watch: Forecasting the Deadliest Storms on Earth by Bob Sheets and Jack Williams (551.6452 SHE)
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