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The great deluge : Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast  Cover Image Book Book

The great deluge : Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast / Douglas Brinkley.

Brinkley, Douglas. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0061124230 (alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: xix, 716 pages : illustrations (some color ) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Morrow, 2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Ignoring the inevitable; August 27 (Saturday) -- Shouts and whispers; August 27 (Saturday) -- Storm vs. shoreline; August 28 (Sunday) -- The winds come to Louisiana; August 28-29 (Sunday-Monday) -- What was the Mississippi gulf coast; August 29 (Monday) -- The busted levee blues; August 29 (Monday) -- "I've been FEMA-ed"; August 29 (Monday) -- Water rising; August 30 (Tuesday) -- City without answers; August 30 (Tuesday) -- The smell of death; August 31 (Wednesday) -- Blindness; August 31 (Wednesday) -- The intense irrationality of a Thursday; September 1 (Thursday) -- "It's our time now"; September 1 (Thursday) -- The Friday shuffle and Saturday relief; September 2-3 (Friday-Saturday) -- Getaway (or X marks the spot); September 3 (Saturday) and beyond.
Subject: Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
Hurricanes > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Disaster victims > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Disaster relief > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Emergency management > Government policy > United States.

Available copies

  • 41 of 41 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Juniata County. (Show)

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  • 0 current holds with 41 total copies.
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Juniata County Library 976.3 BRI (Text) 39640100146172 JUNM Non-Fiction Available -
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library 976.335 BRI (Text) 37268000877423 AHMFL Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Allentown Public Library 976.044 BRIN (Text) 34455005003633 Adult Nonfiction 1st FL Available -
Altoona Area Public Library 976.335064 BRI (Text) 33240003965434 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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Dingman Township Library 363.34 Bri (Text) 30352100074839 Nonfiction Available -
Ellwood City Area Public Library 976.335064 Brinkley (Text) 32102000554903 ECAM Non-Fiction Available -


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