Drowned city, Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans
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Contributor
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Creator
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Subject
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- Disaster victims -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- Racism -- United States
- Graphic novels
- Social classes -- Cartoons and comics
- Comic books, strips, etc
- Social classes -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- Electronic books
- Disaster victims -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Cartoons and comics
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Cartoons and comics
- Racism -- Comic books, strips, etc
Content
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Author
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Label
Drowned city, Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
Rated T
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Drowned city
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Sub title
Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans
Summary
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 riveting 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. A portion of the proceeds from this book has been donated to Habitat for Humanity New Orleans
Target audience
adult
Incoming Resources
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