Description
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast and the protective levees around New Orleans failed—turning a vibrant city into a landscape of rising water and urgent survival. Through a vivid, as-it-happens narrative, this book follows the storm’s impact and the human choices that shaped what came next, from moments of courage and selflessness to failures that deepened suffering. Don Brown’s kinetic, art-forward storytelling brings the scale of the disaster into sharp focus while examining the forces of incompetence, racism, and criminality that influenced the response. More than a chronicle of catastrophe, it’s a study of resilience and accountability in the face of overwhelming loss.
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paperback
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published Jan 1, 2015
101 pages
ISBN: 9780544157774
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First Published
2015
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans by Don Brown.