Bibliograph

Katrina, after the Flood, Gary Rivlin

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Katrina, after the Flood, Gary Rivlin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [425]-433) and index

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Katrina

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

894746789

Responsibility statement

Gary Rivlin

Sub title

after the Flood

Summary

"Ten years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall in southeast Louisiana--on August 29, 2005--journalist Gary Rivlin traces the storm's immediate damage, the city of New Orleans's efforts to rebuild itself, and the storm's lasting affects not just on the city's geography and infrastructure, but on the psychic, racial, and social fabric of [the city]"--Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

Water rising -- The banker -- Air Force One -- Behind enemy lines -- A first burst of optimism -- The shadow government -- Looking the part -- Cassandra -- He said, she said -- Rita -- Brick by brick -- Blue sky -- Shrink the footprint --- Isle of denial -- Look and leave -- A smaller, taller city -- Limbo -- Chocolate city -- The Mardi Gras way of life -- Darkness revealed -- Road home -- "You'll see cranes in the sky" -- Eight feet across -- Fatigue -- Vanilla city -- Blight -- The sore winner -- Return to splendor -- "Get over it"

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After the Flood

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