| Author |
Brown, Don, author.
|
| Publication |
[Place of publication not identified] : [Houghton Mifflin Harcourt], [2015]
|
| Description |
1 online resource |
| Call # |
eBOOK |
| 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. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Front Matter; Title; Back Matter; Copyright; Dedication; Source Notes; Bibliography; Back Flap; Back Cover; Spine |
| Note |
Title details screen (OverDrive, viewed May 7, 2015). |
| Subject |
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
|
|
Disaster victims -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
|
|
Racism -- United States.
|
|
Social classes -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
|
|
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Disasters.
|
|
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / General.
|
|
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / General.
|
|
Disaster victims. (OCoLC)fst00894774
|
|
Racism. (OCoLC)fst01086616
|
|
Social classes. (OCoLC)fst01122346
|
|
Louisiana -- New Orleans. (OCoLC)fst01204311 |
|
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155 |
|
Hurricane Katrina (2005) (OCoLC)fst01755264 |
|
2005 |
| Genre |
Electronic books.
|
|
Documentary comics. (OCoLC)fst01921629
|
|
Documentary comics.
|
| Addl. Author |
OverDrive, Inc., distributor.
|
| ISBN |
9780544673052 (electronic bk.) |
|
0544673050 (electronic bk.) |
|
