The Great Deluge is a 2006 book (or instant history) by Professor Douglas Brinkley of Tulane University about the great 2005 flood that destryoed a major American city -- New Orleans. It covers the personal stories of heroism and tragedy from the points of view of the people who lived it. For other senses of this word, see history (disambiguation). ... Douglas Brinkley with a young fan. ... Tulane University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university located in New Orleans, Louisiana. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ...
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The GreatDeluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
In The GreatDeluge, bestselling author Douglas Brinkley, a New Orleans resident and professor of history at Tulane University, rips the story of Katrina apart and relates what the Category 3 hurricane was like from every point of view.
Weightiest, in both pages and scope, is Douglas Brinkley's 'The GreatDeluge,' a prodigious work of industry penned on the fly while the storm-displaced Tulane history professor flitted from one refuge to another for six months.
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