Drowned city :
Brown, Don, 1949-
Drowned city : Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans / written and illustrated by Don Brown. - 96 pages : chiefly color illustrations, 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-96)
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 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.
Ages 12-17. 9-12.
9780544157774 054415777X
Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Juvenile literature.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Comic books, strips, etc.
Disaster victims--Louisiana--New Orleans--Comic books, strips, etc.
Disaster victims--Louisiana--New Orleans--Juvenile literature.
Racism--United States--Comic books, strips, etc.
Racism--United States--Juvenile literature.
Social classes--Louisiana--New Orleans--Comic books, strips, etc.
Social classes--Louisiana--New Orleans--Juvenile literature.
Comic books, strips, etc.--United States.
Graphic novels.
Drowned city : Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans / written and illustrated by Don Brown. - 96 pages : chiefly color illustrations, 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-96)
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 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.
Ages 12-17. 9-12.
9780544157774 054415777X
Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Juvenile literature.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Comic books, strips, etc.
Disaster victims--Louisiana--New Orleans--Comic books, strips, etc.
Disaster victims--Louisiana--New Orleans--Juvenile literature.
Racism--United States--Comic books, strips, etc.
Racism--United States--Juvenile literature.
Social classes--Louisiana--New Orleans--Comic books, strips, etc.
Social classes--Louisiana--New Orleans--Juvenile literature.
Comic books, strips, etc.--United States.
Graphic novels.