Drowned City

• Date de parution : 04/08/2015
• Editeur : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• EAN : 9780544673052
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• Support : Livre numérique

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• Thème : Non attribué
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Kirkus’ Best of 2015 list /> School Library Journal Best of 2015 /> Publishers Weekly’s Best of 2015 list /> Horn Book Fanfare Book /> Booklist Editor's Choice /> /> On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina's monstrous winds and surging water overwhelmed the protective levees... Voir plus

Kirkus’ Best of 2015 list /> School Library Journal Best of 2015 /> Publishers Weekly’s Best of 2015 list /> Horn Book Fanfare Book /> Booklist Editor's Choice /> /> 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.