Just when he thought it was safe to come back to New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina boils up a rich gumbo of trouble for lawyer Tubby Dubonnet. He rides out the storm okay, but then the levees break, the city floods, and he ends up with thousands of other refugees in the hellish Convention Center. In the chaos, an escaped psychopath assaults and then stalks Tubby's daughter. The police are no help, and Tubby must use his wits and his connections to protect himself and his family while trying to restore his home and help bring his beloved city back to life. The fast-paced story includes incisive vignettes of the dangerous days just after Katrina hit and of the frustrating weeks that followed.
In this volume, friends and colleagues, including Congressman John Lewis, pay tribute to author, scholar, and politician Leslie W. Dunbar. In a career spanning decades, Dunbar worked for the Southern Regional Council during the civil rights movement and helped organize the Voter Education Project; directed the Field Foundation; taught at Mount Holyoke, Shaw University, and Xavier University; and ran for Durham, North Carolina, School Board. He is the author of or contributor to nine books. Dunbar currently lives in New Orleans where he continues his commitment to grassroots civil rights, labor, and political groups.
Editor Anthony Dunbar has assembled essays from 12 leading Southern historians, activists, civil rights attorneys, law professors, and theologians to discuss militarism, religion, the environment, voting rights, the Patriot Act, the economy, prisons and crime, and other subjects. The writers share the beliefs that the current policies of our national administration sacrifice the interests of the poor and the people who work for a living to the interests of a privileged elite, that the power of money and the military must be tethered, that the natural environment must be sheltered, and that racial justice matters. A common sentiment is dismay at the deepening chasm that now divides America--and specifically the South--into hostile armies whose leaders are fast losing whatever motivation they ever had to pursue compromise and cooperation, and the common good. The essayists are Leslie Dunbar, Paul Gaston, John Egerton, Janisse Ray, Dan Pollitt, Connie Curry, Laughlin McDonald, Sheldon Hackney, Susan Wiltshire, Gene Nichol, Dan Carter, and Charles Bussey.
On trial for murder, Cletus Busters needs a miracle. He has a police record and was found in a restricted area--holding the victim's severed head. With the trial less than a week away, his lawyer has made exactly two motions--heading to the bar for a couple of drinks, and begging Tubby Dubonet to take over the case.
Just when he thought it was safe to come back to New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina boils up a rich gumbo of trouble for lawyer Tubby Dubonnet. He rides out the storm okay, but then the levees break, the city floods, and he ends up with thousands of other refugees in the hellish Convention Center. In the chaos, an escaped psychopath assaults and then stalks Tubby's daughter. The police are no help, and Tubby must use his wits and his connections to protect himself and his family while trying to restore his home and help bring his beloved city back to life. The fast-paced story includes incisive vignettes of the dangerous days just after Katrina hit and of the frustrating weeks that followed.
Lawyer Tubby Dubonnet is bored--and wants to do something new and exciting. But when professional and personal business involves him with a ton of shady money and a sea of shady people, he is doing something new and exciting--running for his life.
On trial for murder, Cletus Busters needs a miracle. He has a police record and was found in a restricted area--holding the victim's severed head. With the trial less than a week away, his lawyer has made exactly two motions--heading to the bar for a couple of drinks, and begging Tubby Dubonet to take over the case.
In "Shelter From The Storm," Dunbar once again brings us to the crazy and colorful city of New Orleans. This time it's Mardi Gras -- and a violent storm drenches the city in chaos. As the water level rises, a dangerous gang of marooned bank robbers become desperate to escape -- and it's up to Tubby to thwart their murderous plans...
Gumbo of Murder.... It's a city as friendly as a glad-handing attorney, where the bending Mississippi carves a channel six hundred feet deep, the air smells of chicory, and shell casings litter sidewalks beneath the live oak trees. And somewhere between the levee and Lake Pontchartrain are the secrets that litter Tubby Dubonnet's life--secrets of corruption and murder. A lawyer who'd rather eat, drink, and swap stories than get caught in court, Tubby can't forget the last words that escaped an old friend's lips, and he can't get out of the way of a political campaign that's turning rough. Obsessed with the idea that one man--a shadowy crime boss--may be pulling the strings that have cost good people their lives, Tubby is entering into a test of courage with the most violent men in New Orleans. And if that weren't dangerous enough, Tubby has just picked up the worst ally he could ever find: a beautiful prostitute who is gunning for revenge.
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