- Paperback: 162 pages
- Publisher: Booksurge Publishing (November 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1419618512
- ISBN-13: 978-1419618512
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13.3 x 0.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 204 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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This book examines the participants in the incredible event that was known as Hurricane Katrina.
About the Author
Darren Robinson resides near Melbourne, Australia with his partner and 2 stepchildren. His only other book was an e-book called "How To Start Your Own Internet Bookstore". He currently owns and operates an online DVD shop at moviesearch.com.au He also runs a rare book search service for universities. Darren has suffered from panic disorder since 1995. The condition severely restricted his career options and participation in outdoor sports. He still enjoys being active whenever possible. His other interests include the stock market, old computer games and sports betting. He would one day like to write scripts for television. Signed and unsigned copies of this book can be obtained from the author, email darren@moviesearch.com.au or write to Powerplay Software, PO Box 1675, Werribee Plaza, 3030, Australia.
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This review is from: Hurricane Katrina (Paperback)
I am pleased to have this book published by Booksurge. It was written to assist researchers and future historians who may be trying to learn how a major US city was wrecked by a major hurricane.It also aims to help them obtain some kind of impression - beyond mere facts - of the participants in this event, be they people, buildings, attitudes, acts of nature, engineering failures, political and bureaucratic failures, or human nature. Other books on the subject of Hurricane Katrina have taken the approach of a simple chronological narrative - this happened, then that happened, then something else happened. Other books are simply collections of "gee whiz" images - gee whiz, look at that big boat on the highway, gee whiz, look at the damaged casino, gee whiz, look at the flooding and misery. I wanted to take a different approach, something perhaps more analytical and representative of the impact on a society, and from the point of view of that society, rather than, for argument's sake, the point of view of a meteorologist with a map and a timeline. After all, most people are not really interested in clouds and windspeeds and air pressure. People are interested in how the monster called Hurricane Katrina knocked out New Orleans. And how people reacted. And who got blamed. To achieve this I wrote many short chapters on many different aspects of the event. As a result it may sometimes be difficult for the reader to get a sense of the timeline for that chapter in relation to all the other chapters, but I feel that this is more than compensated for by the achievement of an overall historical record that captures the essence of the people and places who stood in the way of a mighty storm.
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