Holding Back the Sea: The Struggle on the Gulf Coast to Save America

by Christopher Hallowell

Book Overview

Katrina's arrival on the Gulf Coast was a long time in coming. But it was assured. Since 1965, when Hurricane Betsy struck New Orleans, breached a levee, and flooded part of the city, everyone was waiting and talking about when the Big One would strike and do even more damage. Katrina was that hurricane, predictedand imagined before she struck, but so much worse in her reality.

Holding Back the Sea is about the consequences...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061124249
• ISBN13: 9780061124242
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

A great wake-up call

Incredibly relevant at this time. Being from Louisiana, I felt it was important for me to read this. And I recommend this as essential reading for anyone affected by Hurricane Katrina. The chapter specifically about New Orleans was so creepy that I re-read it once I was done. The book is written very matter-of-factly and uses so many agency names and acronyms that it sometimes gets bogged down in itself. But it still reads well, and is so well researched, that this is more than compensation. Would love to read a follow-up.