Breach of Faith Hurricane Katrina and the near Death of a Great American City

Name: Breach of Faith Hurricane Katrina and the near Death of a Great American City
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ISBN: 9780812976502

ISBN-10: 0812976509

ISBN-13: 9780812976502

Edition: 2008

Authors: Jed Horne

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Hurricane Katrina shredded one of the great cities of the South, and as levees failed and the federal relief effort proved lethally incompetent, a natural disaster became a man-made catastrophe. As an editor of New Orleans’ daily newspaper, the Pulitzer Prize—winningTimes-Picayune, Jed Horne has had a front-row seat to the unfolding drama of the city’s collapse into chaos and its continuing struggle to survive. As the Big One bore down, New Orleanians rich and poor, black and white, lurched from giddy revelry to mandatory evacuation. The thousands who couldn’t or wouldn’t leave initially congratulated themselves on once again riding out the storm. But then the unimaginable happened: Within…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 7/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 5.20" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Maps


Preface


Introduction



A Camille on Betsy's Track



When Wallyworld Closes at Four



An Imperfect Storm



Real Ugly, Real Fast



Decaf Cigarettes and Golden Carp



Other Texans, Other Times



Media in the Moment



At Least Somebody Had a Plan



Code Gray



Like Bricks on Jell-O



Help Yourself



A Rockets Jersey and a Picture of Jesus



Reversal of Fortune



In Search of Common Ground



If They Can Rebuild Beirut



Crunch Time



Sue the Bastards



A Comparable Catastrophe



Visions of a City Reborn



Blue Tarps in a Chocolate City



Shrink-Proof City



Safe Enough for Cows



Children with Bad Timing



Failure Is Not an Option



Summing Up


Epilogue


Acknowledgments


Interview List


Notes


Index