Overview
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 history-the 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 cultures-the 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. The book follows four of these French-speaking trailblazers as they scrape to buy and build their first boats and struggle toward success. Their success stories will appeal to any believer in the American dream. 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. While they are master seamen, they lead a lifestyle that, for many of them, is as much about drinking and whoring as it is about seamanship and deal-making. The seedy side of their business adds complexity to their story and makes the tale especially human. Rise of the Cajun Mariners is a fast-paced tale about the rapid evolution of a worldwide industry, the modernization of a culture, and the deliverance of four fascinating families.
Full Product Details
Author: Woody Falgoux
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Imprint: Skyhorse Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 3.80cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.612kg
ISBN: 9781510718449
ISBN 10: 1510718443
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 08 June 2017
Audience:
General/trade
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General
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
-A good book opens up an entire world to the reader. Cajun Mariners does that and more--it opens your mind to a kind of life few of us know anything about. It puts you out in the Gulf facing a hurricane, and it puts you on the Mississippi River in a fog so thick it blankets sounds, and it's about men working in the field create new technology. In the end it's about guts and how a way of life changed.- --John M. Barry, author of Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America -Falgoux tells a colorful tale of four entrepreneurs from the bayou who made their mark in the offshore oil and gas business. This Cajuns, with innovation, determination, and risk, transformed the boat business in south Louisiana into a mega industry that has left its mark on the economy and the culture of the gulf coast.- --Jason P. Theriot, author of American Energy, Imperiled Coast: Oil and Gas Development in Louisiana's Wetlands
-A good book opens up an entire world to the reader. Cajun Mariners does that and more--it opens your mind to a kind of life few of us know anything about. It puts you out in the Gulf facing a hurricane, and it puts you on the Mississippi River in a fog so thick it blankets sounds, and it's about men working in the field to create new technology. In the end it's about guts and how a way of life changed.- --John M. Barry, author of Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America -Falgoux tells a colorful tale of four entrepreneurs from the bayou who made their mark in the offshore oil and gas business. These Cajuns, with innovation, determination, and risk, transformed the boat business in south Louisiana into a mega industry that has left its mark on the economy and the culture of the gulf coast.- --Jason P. Theriot, author of American Energy, Imperiled Coast: Oil and Gas Development in Louisiana's Wetlands
Author Information
Woody Falgoux writes and practices law in Thibodaux, Louisiana. He is the author of One Dream: The NFL and The Miracle of St. Genevieve: Vatican II and the Victory of Faith.
