Path of Destruction: The Devastation of New Orleans and the Coming Age of Superstorms

McQuaid, John & Mark Schleifstein

ISBN 10: 031601642X / ISBN 13: 9780316016421

Published by Little, Brown & Co., New York, 2006

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8vo, 366 pp., Inscribed & signed by the author on the title page.

Seller Inventory # 043258

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Path of Destruction: The Devastation of New Orleans and the Coming Age of Superstorms
• Publisher: Little, Brown & Co., New York
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 031601642X
• ISBN 13: 9780316016421
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: 2nd prt.
• Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • American History

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Synopsis

At 5:02 A.M. on August 29, 2005, Power Went Out in the Superdome. Not long after, wind ripped giant white rubber sheets off the roof and sent huge shards of debris flying toward Uptown. Rivulets of rainwater began finding their way down through the ceiling, dripping and pouring into the stands, the mezzanine, and the football field. Without ventilation, the air began to get gamy with the smell of sweat and garbage. The bathrooms stopped working. Many people slept; others waited, mostly in silence.

About the Author

John McQuaid and Mark Schleifstein wrote the New Orleans Times-Picayune's award-winning series 'Washing Away,' the definitive account of the Gulf Coast's grave hurricane risks. They were also the lead reporters on a series about global fisheries that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1997. Schleifstein abandoned his Lakeview home in the flood but remains in the New Orleans area.