The Good Pirates of the Forgotten Bayous: Fighting to Save a Way of Life in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina

How a plucky coterie of Louisiana shrimp—boat captains faced down the most destructive hurricane in U.S. history—only to realize that the struggle to preserve their centuries—old culture had just begun

With a long and colorful family history of defying storms, the seafaring Robin cousins of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, make a fateful decision to ride out Hurricane Katrina on their hand—built fishing boats in a sheltered Civil War–era harbor called Violet Canal. But when Violet is overrun ...