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What was--?Koontz, Robin Michal.
Summary: Presents an accounting of Hurricane Katrina from start to finish, including rescue efforts and survivor stories.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2015
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT US Hist What KoontzMontana-Leblanc, Phyllis.
Summary: Hurricane Katrina survivor LeBlanc--featured in Spike Lee's acclaimed HBO documentary "When the Levees Broke"--offers an astounding and poignant account of her struggle to survive one of the nation's worst disasters.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.34 MONColeman, Janet Wyman.
Summary: Recounts the true story of eight bottlenose dolphins and their trainers who survived the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.53 COLRose, Chris
Summary: The author, a Pulitzer-winning columnist for the Times-Picayune, chronicles the horrific aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in his collection of candid essays.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.3350 ROSRich, Frank.
Summary: Reveals the spin campaign of the Bush administration that the author contends enabled the support of a war against a non-September 11 enemy, furthered conservative agendas, and consolidated presidential power.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 RICSummary: Over 50,000 dogs and cats were left behind in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina as FEMA required that all animals be left behind in the mandatory evacuation. This forced separation created America's first-ever major animal rescue. This film tells many uplifting stories of hope and survival as animal companions (pets) are reunited with their owners while other lucky animals find...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Shidog Films 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DARBrinkley, Douglas.
Summary: An account of Hurricane Katrina and the devastation it left in New Orleans and across the Gulf Coast documents the events and repercussions of the tragedy and its aftermath and the ongoing crisis confronting the region.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.335 BRIHorne, Jed
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.3 HORStreep, Meryl
Summary: Examines Louisiana before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina and explains the importance of restoring the wetlands.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Dreamscape Media 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HURSummary: Four acts document distinct perspectives on the pivotal events that preceeded and followed Katrina's passage through New Orleans, a catastrophe during which the divide between race and class lines has never been more pronounced.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WHECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD WHEAnderson, Allen
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New World Library 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.3 ANDScott, Cathy.
Summary: Includes nearly 200 heroic rescues, heartwarming reunions, and stories of selfless efforts of strangers brought together by a disaster to save animals because their owners were unable to. The reader will also meet the volunteers who made the rescue efforts possible. Author Cathy Scott worked beside them, not only writing about the animals, but also helping to rescue and reunite them while in...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.08 SCOFink, Sheri
Summary: Fink provides a landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina-- and a suspenseful portrayal of the quest for truth and justice. After Katrina struck and the floodwaters rose, the power failed, and the heat climbed, exhausted caregivers chose to designate certain patients last for rescue. Months later, several health professionals faced criminal...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.11 FINCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.11 FINCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 362.1109 FINFink, Sheri.
Summary: Reporter Sheri Fink unspools the mystery of what happened at Memorial Medical Center in the days after Hurricane Katrina; as the floodwaters rose, the power failed, and the heat climbed.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 362.11 FINPiazza, Tom
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: ReganBooks 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.335 PIAVan Heerden, Ivor Ll.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2006