Author

Publication

2015 - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

24,000 words, Guess

Page Count

96 pages

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Classifications

  • DDC363.34/92209763
  • LCCHV636 2005.N4 B75 2015
  • LCCHV636

Description

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina's monstrous winds and surging water overwhelmed the protective levees around low-lying New Orleans, Louisiana. Eighty percent of the city flooded, in some places under twenty feet of water. Property damages across the Gulf Coast topped $100 billion. One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three people lost their lives. The tale of this historic storm and the drowning of an American city is one of selflessness, heroism, and courage -- and also of incompetence, racism, and criminality. Don Brown's kinetic art and as-it-happens narrative capture both the tragedy and triumph of one of the worst natural disasters in American history.

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Other Editions

  • Drowned city: Hurricane Katrina & New OrleansHoughton Mifflin Harcourt2015-01-01

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