Overcoming Katrina: African American Voices from the Crescent City and Beyond

by D'Ann R. Penner and Keith C. Ferdinand

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023060871X
• ISBN13: 9780230608719
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"