The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina,
New Orleans, and the Mississippi
Gulf Coast by Douglas Brinkley
Great Read
Bestselling historian Douglas Brinkley, a professor at Tulane University,
lived through the destruction of Hurricane Katrina with his fellow New
Orleans residents, and now in The Great Deluge he has written one of the
first complete accounts of that harrowing week, which sorts out the
bewildering events of the storm and its aftermath, telling the stories of
unsung heroes and incompetent officials alike. Get a sample of his story--
and clarify your own memories--by looking through the detailed timeline he
has put together of the preparation, the hurricane, and the response to one
of the worst disasters in American history.
Personal Review: The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New
Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast by Douglas Brinkley

Academic historians have criticized Brinkley's work as hasty and
emotional. Its emotion and immediacy -- he published it less than a year
after Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans -- is what makes The Great
Deluge such a compelling read.
Did some of the events later turn out to be different than they appeared in
the immediate aftermath of the storm? Of course. But as someone who
lived through it, I found Brinkley's unabashed outrage at some of the
events during the storm's aftermath cathartic.
Is it good "history?" History, by its very nature, requires time for
contemplation. This is good journalism by a strong writer who also
happens to be a historian. And it still rings true, three years on.
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