Chapter 3. “This Blues Is Just Too Big”

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xiii
4. Prologue xix
5. Part I. Heading Straight for Us: The Days Before and After Hurricane Katrina
6. Chapter 1. A Man Leaves Home 3
7. Chapter 2. A Stranger Comes to Town 15
8. Chapter 3. “This Blues Is Just Too Big” 23
9. Part II. This Could Be Anywhere: Katrina’s Immediate Aftermath, Late Summer 2006
10. Chapter 4. A Dollar Short 35
11. Chapter 5. Poor, Nasty, Brutish, and Short 47
12. Chapter 6. Not in My Backyard 59
13. Chapter 7. Left to Die 71
14. Chapter 8. Bring the War Home 85
15. Chapter 9. The Dry Run of the Apocalypse 103
16. Chapter 10. History Repeats Itself 113
17. Part III. Personals: Departures and Homecomings
18. Chapter 11. Going Home 125
19. Chapter 12. Oxford Town 139
20. Chapter 13. I Do Believe I’ve Had Enough 151
21. Chapter 14. Everyday Reminders 167
22. Part IV. Against the Ropes: New Orleans’s Unlikely Recovery
23. Chapter 15. Second Line 183
24. Chapter 16. Gideon’s Blues 193
25. Chapter 17. Live from the Circle Bar 203
26. Chapter 18. Corporate Limits 211
27. Chapter 19. Fat Tuesday 231
28. Chapter 20. Hard Lot 253
29. Chapter 21. La Nueva Orleans 261
30. Chapter 22. Yours in Struggle 271
31. Chapter 23. In the Parish 295
32. Chapter 24. Not Resigned 305
33. Chapter 25. Epitaph 311
34. Notes 317
35. Index 335