Week of August 25, 2008
News Item: Hurricane Katrina made landfall in August 2005 and caused severe destruction in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama as a Category 5 storm. Thousands perished, and homes and businesses were destroyed in what would become the costliest U.S. Atlantic hurricane. Three years later, the city of New Orleans is slowly recovering from Katrina’s effects, but many other survivors are still struggling with housing, education, and other basic social needs.
Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City
By Jed Horne. Random House, 2006
Call Number: HV636 2005 .N4 H66 2006
City Adrift: New Orleans Before and After Katrina
By Jenni Bergal et al. Louisiana State University Press, 2007
Call Number: HV636 2005 .N4 C58 2007
Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster
By Michael Eric Dyson. Basic Civitas, 2006
Call Number: HV636 2005 .G87 D97 2006
The Devastating Impact of Hurricane Katrina and Rita on Health and Education: Voices of the Children
Edited by Rose M Duhon-Sells et al. Edwin Mellen Press, 2007
Call Number: HV636 2005 .L8 D48 2007
Down in New Orleans: Reflections from a Drowned City
By Billy Sothern. University of California Press, 2007
Call Number: HV636 2005 .L8 S68 2007
The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
By Douglas Brinkley. Morrow, 2006
Call Number: HV636 2005 .L8 B75 2006
New Orleans: Playing a Jazz Chorus
By Samuel Charters. Marion Boyars, 2006
Call Number: ML3508.8 .N48 C527 2006
Path of Destruction: The Devastation of New Orleans and the Coming Age of Superstorms
By John McQuaid and Mark Schleifstein. Little, Brown and Co., 2006
Call Number: HV636 2005 .L8 M37 2006
The Politics of Disaster: Katrina, Big Government, and a New Strategy for Future Crises
By Marvin Olasky. W. Pub. Group, 2006
Call Number: HV555 .U6 O43 2006
Racing the Storm: Racial Implications and Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina
Edited by Hillary Potter. Lexington Books, 2007
Call Number: HV636 2005 .N4 R33 2007
Shelter from the Storm: Repairing the National Emergency Management System after Hurricane Katrina
Edited by William L. Waugh, Jr. SAGE Publications, 2006
Call Number: HV636 2005 .U6 S54 2006
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Directed by Spike Lee. HBO Video, 2006
Call Number: HV636 2005 .L8 W54 2006 (In Boca Raton Media Center, also at Jupiter)