Time: Hurricane Katrina: The Storm That Changed America
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Dewey Decimal Number: 363.3492
EAN: 9781933405131
ISBN: 1933405139
Label: Time
Manufacturer: Time
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: November 15, 2005
Publisher: Time
Sales Rank: 423598
Studio: Time
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DESCRIPTION: On Sept. 2, 2005, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin issued a 'desperate S.O.S.' His city, one of America’s most historic and gracious urban centers, had been devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Now 80% of it lay underwater, while some citizens huddled on rooftops waiting for rescue, and others turned the flooded streets into canals of anarchy. In the first decade of the 21st century, despair, disease and death had transformed a great American city into a scene of third-world privation, even as heroic rescue workers battled to save lives, restore order and aid the suffering.
Now Time chronicles the story of the greatest natural disaster in U.S. history in Hurricane Katrina, An American Tragedy. Here, in stunning pictures and gripping first-hand accounts, is the terrible tale of Katrina’s deadly wrath and savage aftermath. Here is America’s Gulf Coast — from New Orleans to Biloxi and Gulfport, Mississippi — in ruins. Here are the struggling survivors and their valiant rescuers, the looters and the police who fought to control them, the homeless refugees who poured across the southeast and the resourceful agencies that took them in.
It is an epic tale, told as only Time can tell it. Award-winning pictures reveal the scope of the disaster. Oral histories offer unforgettable accounts of nature’s power and man’s resourcefulness. Illuminating graphics show how hurricanes form — and why New Orleans flooded. Powerful reporting puts readers on the scene, while insightful analysis explores the questions left in Katrina’s wake: could the tragedy have been prevented, and why was aid so late to arrive?
Moving and informative, sweeping in scope and ringing with the voices of those who were there, Hurricane Katrina, An American Tragedy is the definitive account of a disaster that will haunt Americans for decades to come.
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- Media bias as usualI was offended by the accusation in this book that poor black people were relegated to living in lower ... Read More
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- Outstanding!The book was a gift for my dad. He loved it! Very compelling stories and photography.
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- Past date to raise money, but still an important readThe photos and accounts delivered in this Time representation of Hurricane Katrina are invaluable. Bodies ... Read More
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- Biased reportingThis book, like most written and portraying Hurricane Katrina, leads the reader to the conclusion that New ... Read More
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- Time: Hurricane Katrina: The Storm That Changed AmericaHaving lived through the Hurricane Katrina (I worked through it at one of only 3 surviving hospitals in metro ... Read More
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