Drowned city, Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans, written and illustrated by Don Brown
Type
Label
Drowned city, Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans, written and illustrated by Don Brown
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 94-96)
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
Young Adult
resource.interestAgeLevel
Ages 12-17
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Drowned city
Nature of contents
comics graphic novelsbibliography
Oclc number
885225330
Responsibility statement
written and illustrated by Don Brown
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader AR, MG, 5.6, 1, 175216.
Sub title
Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans
Summary
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
Target audience
adolescent
Contributor
Creator
Genre
Subject
- Secours aux victimes de catastrophes
- African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Emergency management -- Lousiana -- New Orleans -- Cartoons and comics
- Victimes de catastrophes -- Louisiane -- La Nouvelle-Orléans -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Disaster victims -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Disaster victims -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Juvenile literature
- Graphic novels
- Disaster relief
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Racisme -- États-Unis -- Bandes dessinées
- Ouragan Katrina, 2005 -- Bandes dessinées
- Emergency management
- Classes sociales -- Louisiane -- La Nouvelle-Orléans -- Bandes dessinées
- Racism -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature
- Ouragan Katrina, 2005 -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Racisme -- États-Unis -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Graphic novels -- Juvenile literature
- Racism -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Relief Work
- Bandes dessinées
- Disaster relief -- Lousiana -- New Orleans -- Cartoons and comics
- Graphic novels
- Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2015
- Social classes -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Graphic novels, Juvenile
- Victimes de catastrophes -- Louisiane -- La Nouvelle-Orléans -- Bandes dessinées
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Juvenile literature
- Dust jackets (Binding) -- 2015
- Social classes -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Juvenile literature
- Hurricanes -- Lousiana -- New Orleans -- Cartoons and comics
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Cartoons and comics
Content
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- Contributor1
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- Genre6
- Subject33
- Secours aux victimes de catastrophes
- African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Emergency management -- Lousiana -- New Orleans -- Cartoons and comics
- Victimes de catastrophes -- Louisiane -- La Nouvelle-Orléans -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Disaster victims -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Disaster victims -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Juvenile literature
- Graphic novels
- Disaster relief
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Racisme -- États-Unis -- Bandes dessinées
- Ouragan Katrina, 2005 -- Bandes dessinées
- Emergency management
- Classes sociales -- Louisiane -- La Nouvelle-Orléans -- Bandes dessinées
- Racism -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature
- Ouragan Katrina, 2005 -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Racisme -- États-Unis -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Graphic novels -- Juvenile literature
- Racism -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Relief Work
- Bandes dessinées
- Disaster relief -- Lousiana -- New Orleans -- Cartoons and comics
- Graphic novels
- Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2015
- Social classes -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Graphic novels, Juvenile
- Victimes de catastrophes -- Louisiane -- La Nouvelle-Orléans -- Bandes dessinées
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Juvenile literature
- Dust jackets (Binding) -- 2015
- Social classes -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Juvenile literature
- Hurricanes -- Lousiana -- New Orleans -- Cartoons and comics
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Cartoons and comics
- Content2
- Author1
- Illustrator1
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- Publisher1
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