Book of the Week (Oct. 23, 2006)

On the New Book Shelf
Call Number: HV 636 2005 .L8 B75 2006

The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast

By Douglas Brinkley

Bestselling historian Douglas Brinkley, a professor at Tulane University, lived through the destruction of Hurricane Katrina with his fellow New Orleans residents, and now in The Great Deluge he has written one of the first complete accounts of that harrowing week, which sorts out the bewildering events of the storm and its aftermath, telling the stories of unsung heroes and incompetent officials alike. (Amazon.com book description)