About this Item
Hardcover with DJ. Blue paper over boards with gold lettering on spine. No date on title page, copyright page dated 2015. Stated first printing. 254 pages. Book and DJ are in very good condition. Cover and pages are free of marks, bumps, or tears. Binding is strong. Blue pictorial DJ is crisp and bright, fits snug to boards. Overall a good, clean copy. Inscribed and signed with author's first name on page opposite title page. Signed again with author's full name on title page. Several black and white photographs of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath included in the middle of the text block. Seller Inventory # 17-14
Bibliographic Details
Title: America's Great Storm: Leading through ...
Publisher: U.S.A.: University Press of Mississippi
Publication Date: 2015
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
About this title
When Hurricane Katrina hit Mississippi on August 29, 2005, it unleashed the costliest natural disaster in American history, and the third deadliest. Haley Barbour had been Mississippi's governor for only twenty months when he assumed responsibility for guiding his pummeled, stricken state's recovery and rebuilding efforts. America's Great Storm is not only a personal memoir of his role in that recovery, but also a sifting of the many lessons he learned about leadership in a time of massive crisis.
For the book, the authors interviewed more than forty-five key people involved in helping Mississippi recover, including local, state, and federal officials as well as private citizens who played pivotal roles in the weeks and months following Katrina's landfall. In addition to covering in detail the events of September and October 2005, chapters focus on the special legislative session that allowed casinos to build on shore; the role of the recovery commission chaired by Jim Barksdale; a behind-the-scenes description of working with Congress to pass an unprecedented, multi-billion-dollar emergency disaster assistance appropriation; and the enormous roles played by volunteers in rebuilding the entire housing, transportation, and education infrastructure of South Mississippi and the Gulf Coast.
A final chapter analyzes the leadership skills and strategies Barbour employed on behalf of the people of his state, observations that will be valuable to anyone tasked with managing in a crisis.
A first-person account of the year following the worst natural disaster in American history
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