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The Hurricanes :

0786731648

9780786731640

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The Hurricanes :

[Book]

one high school team's homecoming after Katrina /

Jeré Longman.

1st ed.

New York :

PublicAffairs,

©2008.

1 online resource (vi, 359 pages) :

illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (page 347) and index.

Storm warning -- A tide of extraordinary circumstances -- A new school opens -- A chance to equal our strife -- Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the Bayou -- "Call everybody! Call the White House!" -- "They can't call us paper champions anymore" -- A chain's as strong as its weakest link -- "I can't sit. I've got to play" -- "Like pit bulls on a fresh pack of pork chops" -- "Like chasing a ghost" -- "If there was a time to live, it's now" -- "Like the storm keeps happening over and over" -- "Nothingness builds bridges to nowhere" -- A coach suspended, a player hurt -- "I'd rather them do anything but this" -- Bloody Mary -- Controlled rage -- "How 'bout them Cowboys!" -- Life on the half shell -- "Knock somebody out!" -- An opponent named desire -- Crutch in the hole -- Big stage right there.

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Offers an inspirational account of one high school football team's quest for a state championship in hurricane-ravaged Louisiana, describing how students from several devastated communities came together to form South Plaquemines High, the creation of a football team from former rivals, the hardships they had to overcome to achieve success, and more.

OverDrive, Inc.

7DCA5A1B-AD81-49C5-8DB3-14091FAE936B

Hurricanes.

9781586486730

Football-- Louisiana-- Plaquemines Parish-- History-- 21st century.

High schools-- Louisiana.

Football.

High schools.

SPORTS & RECREATION-- Football.

Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish.

Louisiana.

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SPO-- 015000

Longman, Jere.

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