Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans (A Latino Book of Concepts)
In New Orleans, there lived a man who saw the streets as his calling, and he swept them clean. He danced up one avenue and down another and everyone danced along. The old ladies whistled and whirled. …
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