Rise of the Cajun Mariners: The Race for Big Oil
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (846 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1510718443 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Barry, author of Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America“Filled with tales of Cajun ingenuity and wit, the book delights.”Thibodaux Daily Comet“Falgoux unsentimentally reveals the seamy underside of the oil patch, yet you admire the resilience of the men who worked there. “A good book opens up an entire world to the reader. With nothing more than street smarts, or shall we say swamp smarts, these gutsy men repeatedly cleared obstacles.”Scott Naugle, Biloxi Su
Five Stars klaunch Great Read!. Great Read! Perfect for summer reading! Great read!. Telling it like it was Francisco J. San Miguel Having lived through that era in the Bayou country building ships for some of the protagonists of the story, this book brought twenty years of my life into a very sharp focus. I only knew about half the players mentioned but heard many stories about the other half. The author's narrative holds up against both my personal experiences and what others told me. Congratulations to the author and his sources on a well told story that relates the pains and joys as well as accomplishments of a remarkable group of people.
The story of four families of Cajun boatmen and their rise from trappers and shrimpers to mega-millionaires.Rise of the Cajun Mariners documents an untold piece of American historythe beginnings of what is now the global, multibillion-dollar marine oil and gas industry. In addition, it gives an insightful insider account of one of America’s only truly distinctive culturesthe Cajuns.The book tells the story through the Cajun boatmen who drive the boats that supply and move the men who work the offshore platforms. But it is also a candid account of a wild time in a rough, vital business.Most of the characters are as flawed as they are dynamic. Their success stories
Woody Falgoux writes and practices law in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Genevieve: Vatican II and the Victory of Faith.. He is the author of One Dream: The NFL and The Miracle of St