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by Dave Eggers
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Availability:In StockContributor:Dave EggersPublish date:2010-06-15Pages:368
Language:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780307387943ISBN-10:307387941UPC:9780307387943Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Disasters & Disaster ReliefBook Topic:State & Local, 21st CenturySize:7.90 x 5.20 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCMDEYN0KS
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the bestselling author of The Circle - The true story of one family, caught between America's two biggest policy disasters: the war on terror and the response to Hurricane Katrina.

"Eggers' tone is pitch-perfect--suspense blended with just enough information to stoke reader outrage and what is likely to be a typical response: How could this happen in America? ... It's the stuff of great narrative nonfiction." --The New York Times Book Review

Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun run a house-painting business in New Orleans. In August of 2005, as Hurricane Katrina approaches, Kathy evacuates with their four young children, leaving Zeitoun to watch over the business. In the days following the storm he travels the city by canoe, feeding abandoned animals and helping elderly neighbors. Then, on September 6th, police officers armed with M-16s arrest Zeitoun in his home. Told with eloquence and compassion, Zeitoun is a riveting account of one family's unthinkable struggle with forces beyond wind and water.
Language:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780307387943ISBN-10:307387941UPC:9780307387943Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Disasters & Disaster ReliefBook Topic:State & Local, 21st CenturySize:7.90 x 5.20 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCMDEYN0KS
DAVE EGGERS is the author of many books, among them The Circle, The Eyes and the Impossible, The Monk of Mokha, A Hologram for the King, What Is the What, and The Museum of Rain. He is the cofounder of 826 Valencia, a youth writing and tutoring center which has inspired dozens of similar nonprofit organizations around the world, and the founder of McSweeney's, an independent publisher. He has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and is the recipient of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award for Education, and the American Book Award.
Publisher: Vintage

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