Description: Overcoming Katrina by D. Penner, K. Ferdinand Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Overcoming Katrina tells the stories of 27 New Orleanians as they fought to survive Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. Overcoming approaches the question of why New Orleans matters, from perspectives of the individuals who lived, loved, worked, and celebrated life and death there prior to being scattered across the country by Hurricane Katrina. Publisher Description Overcoming Katrina tells the stories of 27 New Orleanians as they fought to survive Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. Their oral histories offer first-hand experiences: three days on a roof with Navy veteran Leonard Smith; at the convention center with waitress Eleanor Thornton; and with Willie Pitford, an elevator man, as he rescued 150 people in New Orleans East. Overcoming approaches the question of why New Orleans matters, from perspectives of the individuals who lived, loved, worked, and celebrated life and death there prior to being scattered across the country by Hurricane Katrina. This books twenty-seven narrators range from Mack Slan, a conservative businessman who disparages the younger generation for not sharing his ability to make "good, rational decisions," to Kalamu ya Salaam, who was followed by the New Orleans Police Department for several years as a militant defender of Black Power in the late 1960s and 70s. These narratives are memorials to the corner stores, theBaptist churches, the community health clinics, and those streets where the aunties stood on the corner, and whose physical traces have now all been washed away. They conclude with visions of a safer, equitably rebuilt New Orleans. *Scroll down for more audio excerpts from Overcoming Katrina*. Author Biography DANN R. PENNER is the Social Justice Fellow at the Office of the Appellate Defender.KEITH C. FERDINAND is the Founder of Heartbeats Life Center, a cardiology clinic and human rights organization based in New Orleanss Ninth Ward. Details ISBN 0230608701 ISBN-13 9780230608702 Title Overcoming Katrina Author D. Penner, K. Ferdinand Format Hardcover Year 2009 Pages 248 Publisher Palgrave Macmillan GE_Item_ID:140628288; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780230608702
Book Title: Overcoming Katrina
Number of Pages: Xxix, 248 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Overcoming Katrina : African American Voices from the Crescent City and Beyond
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2009
Subject: Historiography, Natural Disasters, Social History, General, United States / General, Sociology / Urban, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Item Weight: 20.1 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Nature, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Author: D'ann R. Penner, Keith C. Ferdinand
Item Length: 9.6 in
Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History Ser.
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Hardcover
