Drowned city :

by Brown, Don, Published by : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, (New York :) Physical details: 96 pages : chiefly color illustrations, 27 cm. ISBN:9780544157774; 054415777X.
Subject(s): Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Comic books, strips, etc. | Disaster victims -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Comic books, strips, etc. | Racism -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc. | Social classes -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Comic books, strips, etc. | Hurricanes -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Caricatures and cartoons. | Emergency management -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Caricatures and cartoons. | Disaster relief -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Caricatures and cartoons. | Graphic novels. | Non-Fiction UOS (6th)
Year: 2015
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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.

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