[Signed] [First Edition] Just Seconds From The Ocean: Coastal Living In The Wake Of Katrina. Sargent, William, 1946- [Used - Near Fine] [Hardcover]

DETAILS: near fine dust-jacket, fresh attractive copy, near fine black half-cloth with off-white boards. SIGNED almost discretely in small black ink on half-title page: Bill Sargent. SARGENT, WILLIAM. Just seconds from the ocean: coastal living in the wake of Katrina. Hanover and London: University Press of New England, 2007, 1st printing number line ending in 1, xiv, 142pp., . This book is an accessible analysis of the dangers of living close to the ocean in an era of global warming and megahurricanes. - CONTENTS: Introduction : A childhood memory : Monomoy Island -- The problem : coastal erosion, global warming, and hurricanes -- Coastal erosion : Cape Cod -- Hurricanes : too much of a good thing -- New Orleans -- The big one : 2005 -- New Orleans : the city too big for its breaches -- First decisions -- "All the king's horses and all the king's men" : Donald Powell, Spring 2006 -- Shrimpin' the full moon tide -- Up the coast -- The great Miami hurricane, September 18, 1926 -- Florida today -- Cayo Costa, May 20, 2006 -- "Our town" : Ipswich, Massachusetts, May 9-22, 2006 -- Legalities : Topsail Island, North Carolina, June 5, 2006 -- The Ash Wednesday storm, New Jersey, March 5-8, 1962 -- The Big Apple : the 1938 hurricane, New York -- A tale of two cities : Galveston and Indianola, the 1900 storm -- Beach renourishment: instant gratification? -- The future -- Rearranging deck chairs? : July 2006 -- Monday night football : the case for optimism, September 24, 2006 -- Just seconds from the ocean : Codfish Park, Nantucket. 9781584656890 ISBN 1584656891