2007, ISBN: 9780786731640

In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina pummeled the lower end of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, a peninsula housing one of the nation's most isolated, vulnerable, and vital counties. A yea… Mehr…

In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina pummeled the lower end of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, a peninsula housing one of the nation's most isolated, vulnerable, and vital counties. A year later several ravaged communities came together to form South Plaquemines High. Kids who were former rivals defiantly nicknamed their football team the Hurricanes and made the 2006 state playoffs.In 2007, South Plaquemines set its sights on a state championship. The Hurricanes used a trailer as a makeshift locker room and lifted weights in a destroyed gym that had no electricity. For the players, many of them still living in FEMA trailers, football offered a refuge.Bestselling author Jeré Longman spent two seasons following the team. In The Hurricanes, the team's journey provides a lens through which to view the legacy of Katrina, the cycle of poverty in rural America, and the attempt to maintain traditions in the face of uncertainty. Football is a familiar remnant of the way things used to be—and a sign of hope in a place of disaster. Digital Content>E-books>Sports>Regional Sports>Regional Team Sports, PublicAffairs Digital >16<

ISBN: 9780786731640

From a New York Times reporter and bestselling author: a stirring account of a high school football team’s championship quest in hurricane-ravaged Louisiana. EBooks Books ~~ Bio… Mehr…

From a New York Times reporter and bestselling author: a stirring account of a high school football team’s championship quest in hurricane-ravaged Louisiana. EBooks Books ~~ Biography & Autobiography~~ General The-Hurricanes~~Jere-Longman PublicAffairs<

2008, ISBN: 9780786731640

One High School Team's Homecoming After Katrina, [ED: 1], Auflage, eBook Download (EPUB), eBooks, [PU: PublicAffairs]

ISBN: 9780786731640

The Hurricanes eBook