"Islands." . . "Louisiana" . . "Louisiana." . "Fiction." . . "FICTION / Literary" . . "Domestic fiction." . . "Fishers." . . "Community life." . . "Islands Fiction." . . "FICTION / General" . . "Cajuns Fiction." . . . . . "The hard blue sky" . "The hard blue sky"@en . . . . . . . . . . "The Hard Blue Sky. [A novel.]" . "The Hard Blue Sky. [A novel.]"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Hard blue sky" . . . "Isle aux Chiens, an island at the mouth of the Mississippi, is inhabited by an isolated populace of inbred French and Spanish fishermen who endure the hazards of nature and their own volatile passions." . . . . . "\"On the tiny Isle aux Chiens in the coastal curve just east of the tripatite mouth of the Mississippi live the witty, resourceful, sometimes inscrutable, always courageous desendants of Louisiana's French-Spanish pioneers. Depending upon the fickle Gulf for their livelihood, they have no illusions about the hazards of life or furtune. They watch, they quarrel, and they love--always beneath a hard blue sky; but they accept with bravery and zest whatever a day brings.\"--Page 4 of cover." . . . . "The hard blue sky : [A novel]" . "The hard Blue Sky" . . . "Fiction" . . "Fiction"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books" . . . "The Hard Blue Sky"@en . . . "Domestic fiction" . "Domestic fiction"@en . . "Hurricanes." . . . . "Hurricanes Fiction." . . "Community life Fiction." . . "Fishers Fiction." . . "Cajuns." . .