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Sugarcane Academy: How a New Orleans Teacher and His Storm-Struck Students Created a School to Remember
Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, taking lives and livelihoods and displacing thousands. Because the hurricane struck at the beginning of the school year, the city's children were among those most affected. Michael Tisserand, former editor of the alternative cultural newspaper Gambit Weekly, evacuated with his family to New Iberia, Louisiana. Then, rather than waiting to find out when--or if--schools in New Orleans would reopen, Tisserand and other parents persuaded one of his children's teachers, Paul Reynaud, to start a school among the sugarcane fields.So was born the Sugarcane Academy--as the children themselves named it--and so also began an experience none of Reynaud's pupils will ever forget. This inspiring book shows how a dedicated teacher made the best out of the worst situation, and how the children of New Orleans, of all backgrounds and races, adjusted to Katrina's consequences.
Book Details
- Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
- Publish Date: Jul 2nd, 2007
- Pages: 192
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.87in - 5.50in - 0.53in - 0.40lb
- EAN: 9780156031899
- Categories: • Schools - Levels - Elementary• History• Administration - General
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About the Author
Tisserand, Michael: -
MICHAEL TISSERAND is the author of The Kingdom of Zydeco, which won the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for music writing. He served as editor of Gambit Weekly, the alternative newsweekly of New Orleans. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.
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Praise for this book
PRAISE FOR THE KINGDOM OF ZYDECO "Exhaustive . . . riveting . . . The Kingdom of Zydeco is a back-road trip well worth making." --LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW "An important book for anyone with an interest in life, American music, Southern culture, dancing, accordions, the recording industry, folklore, old dance clubs in the weeds, fortune tellers, hoodoos or shotguns."--E. ANNIE PROULX --