These pieces from the New Orleans Times-Picayune stand out as reporting, and as heartfelt, and heart-breaking, accounts of what happened to ordinary people in a wonderful place when disaster struck hard. Chris Rose knows New Orleans, and his reporter's eye captures the long aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, as the townspeople, including Rose himself, struggle to climb out of the physical and emotional ruins. .

A journalist for the New Orleans Times-Picayune offers a collection of his columns detailing his own experiences living through hurricane Katrina, the stories of other city inhabitants, and the struggle to rebuild in the wake of destruction, tragedy, and death. Reprint. 100,000 first printing.

A journalist for the New Orleans Times-Picayune offers a collection of his columns detailing his own experiences living through hurricane Katrina, the stories of other city inhabitants, and the struggle to rebuild in the wake of destruction, tragedy, and death. Reprint. 100,000 first printing.