Bayou Farewell : The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana's Cajun Coast - Paperback

from bettyjo

Tidwell predicted the effects of Hurricane Katrina two years before it hit the Gulf Coast. The coast of Louisiana is rapidly eroding and the is an emergency that the federal government needs to get involved in.

from skane86

This book, first published in 2004, focuses on the coastal erosion that takes place in coastal Louisiana. The loss of up to 100 yards of coastal wetlands every 45 minutes has led to many of the Cajun people who live in those areas finding their way of life endangered. The author manages to fully ...

from laytonwoman3rd

Subtitled "The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana's Cajun Coast", this book should have been required reading for every government official in Washington and Louisiana, and a few other places as well, the minute it came off the presses. Tidwell's observations and warnings went largely unheed...

from Neverwithoutabook

From the first pages, I was totally engrossed in this informative and interesting work. Anyone interested in our environment, Louisiana, and the Mississippi delta should read this book. If you love shrimp, crabs, crawfish and oysters, read this book. Mike Tidwell covers a lot of ground, both phys...

from laytonwoman3rd

Subtitled "The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana's Cajun Coast", this book should have been required reading for every government official in Washington and Louisiana, and a few other places as well, the minute it came off the presses. Tidwell's observations and warnings went largely unheed...