Books by Peirce F. Lewis
New Orleans: The Making of an Urban Landscape
by Peirce F. Lewis
The really interesting thing about New Orleans that I really understood after reading this book was that it's an absolutely preposterous place to put a city. It's low lying, it's got terrible bugs, six months of the year it's got to worry about hurricanes.
Interviews where books by Peirce F. Lewis were recommended
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City of Refuge
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The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
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Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City
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Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security
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New Orleans: The Making of an Urban Landscape
by Peirce F. Lewis
The best books on Hurricane Katrina, recommended by Gary Rivlin
The best books on Hurricane Katrina, recommended by Gary Rivlin
Katrina was not a natural disaster but an engineering one, says the journalist and author. He chooses the best books on Hurricane Katrina, ranging from a novel to a geographical biography of New Orleans.
