On August Hurricane Katrinas 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 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 couragemdashand also of incompetence racism and criminality Don Brownrsquos 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
