The fight for home
how (parts of) New Orleans came back
1st U.S. ed.
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Word Count
88,000 words, Guess
Page Count
352 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivefightforhomehowp0000wolf
- ISBN-101608197514
- ISBN-139781608197514
- Library of Congress Control Number2011050140
- OCLC Control Number761850072
and 2 more
- Better World Books9781608197514
- Open LibraryOL25150751M
Classifications
- DDC307.3/4160976335
- LCCHT177.N49 W65 2012
- LCCHT177.N49W65 2012
Description
After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans became ground zero for the reinvention of the American city, with urban planners, movie stars, anarchists, and politicians all advancing their competing visions of recovery. In this wash of reform, residents and volunteers from across the country struggled to build the foundations of a new New Orleans. For over five years, the author documented a cross section of the city in upheaval: a born again preacher with a ministry of ex-addicts, a former Black Panther organizing for a new cause, a single mother, "broke as a joke" in a FEMA trailer. This book chronicles their battle to survive not just the floods, but the corruption that continues and the base-level emergency of poverty and neglect. From ruin to limbo to triumphant return, the author offers an intimate look at the lives of everyday American heroes. As these lives play out against the ruined local landscape and an emerging national recession, this becomes a story of resilience and hope.
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