Historian plans book on Hurricane Katrina

mercury news ^ | 9-12-05 | HILLEL ITALIE

[Rakkasan1]

NEW YORK - In the first major book deal related to Hurricane Katrina, historian and best-selling author Douglas Brinkley is planning "an analysis and narrative of the ongoing crisis in New Orleans in historical context," according to his publisher William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins.

The book, tentatively titled "The Great Deluge," is scheduled to be published by Morrow early next year.

Financial terms were not disclosed Monday and there was no immediate word on whether any proceeds would be donated to charity.

"Hurricane Katrina is without question the worst natural disaster in American history," Brinkley, a professor at the New Orleans-based Tulane University who was in town when the storm hit," said in a statement. "With the death toll rising and toxic sludge draining into Lake Pontchartrain, it's imperative that we learn what went wrong."

[dfwgator]

They might as well get Baghdad Bob to write it.

[Verginius Rufus]

Douglas Brinkley is a shameless lapdog for the Democrats. I watched him briefly this weekend on C-SPAN...blaming the Bush administration for the flooding of N.O. because of budget cuts. He reminds me of Richard Rich in A Man for All Seasons.

[NordP]

Now, YOU are ONto something!

[Bratch]

I'm sure the book's proceeds will go to help the hurricane victims.