Austin, Cintra Shober

For Love of LouisianaA Plea to Save the Wetlands

This book is a wakeup call to America to realize the enormous harm that has been done to the Gulf Coast wetlands. It is also a plea to save them. As New Orleans native Cintra Austin's awareness of the tragedy of the vanishing Louisiana coastline grew, she was disturbed by widespread ignorance and became convinced that an attractive book with brilliant photography might catch people's attention and help spread the word, literally making a plea to save one of the most productive and valuable ecologic and economic areas in North America.