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The drowning of money island : a forgotten community's fight against the rising seas threatening coastal America Cover Image Book Book

The drowning of money island : a forgotten community's fight against the rising seas threatening coastal America

Lewis, Andrew S. 1982- (author.).

Summary: "The Drowning of Money Island tells the story of a journalist's return to a hometown ravaged by Superstorm Sandy, where lack of recovery, sea level rise, and a state effort to buy out and demolish neighborhoods has fractured the community and foreshadowed coastal America's sinking future"--

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  • ISBN: 9780807083581
  • ISBN: 0807083585
  • ISBN: 9780807083727
  • Physical Description: print
    xv, 213 pages : maps ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, [2019]

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-204) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Part one: The storm. "Our American dream" -- "Where poor people came to get away" -- "Thus far, and no farther shalt thou go" -- "The next least liked" -- "We know not what a day may bring forth." -- Part two: No retreat. "Drain the swamp." -- "Hey man, that's cool." -- "The window is getting smaller." -- "Save the bay." -- Part three: Resilience. "I know where it is and will always return." -- "Aren't we a part of this?" -- "Tree City USA" -- "I'm just a dumb fisherman." -- "I think it's the bugs." -- "We have gobs of plans." -- "This view, we shall see, persists." -- "Build your wings on the way down."

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