"This autobiography by the communications director of Gov. Kathleen Blanco during Hurricane Katrina covers the political drama and intrigue he witnessed--and learned from--as a political columnist and congressional aide since the late 1970s. He reported on and/or worked for Louisiana's top political leaders of the last forty years: Edwin Edwards, Russell Long, John Breaux, J. Bennett Johnston, and Mary Landrieu. He is a professor and Manship Chair in Journalism at Louisiana State University"--