Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Thank You, Woody Falgoux!
I saw an advance copy of Woody Falgoux's soon-to-be-released book Cajun Mariners last night. It is a history of lower Lafourche's offshore petroleum workboat industry. Fascinating and important stuff ... Nolty Theriot, Minor Cheramie, Bobby Orgeron ... I can't wait to get my hands on about 5 copies; 1 for me, 4 for the libraries.

Meanwhile, here's a link to Woody's book about undrafted rookies trying to make it in the NFL.

(For those of you who are wondering what I will do after the success of Scarlette's Reign of Ruin, well, it's going to be a history of the Pointe-a-Sauciss ... the close-to-the-earth way of life, the knife fights, the dancehalls and bars, Te-Ya's roast beefs, being a Cheramie, Yankee Canal before they closed it, the snottiness of the people across the bayou in Golden Meadow. (That's right Thibodaux, some down here actually share your affliction of looking down their noses at folk they believe they are superior to.) HBO has shown some interest in possibly turning it into a series a la the Sopranos, Six Feet Under, the Wire, Rome, etc., if we can fictionalize it. Sullivan, we got alot of work to do, negre!)

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