Critical Praise

“‘The Great Deluge,’ captures the human toll of Katrina as graphically as the most vivid newspaper and television accounts” — New York Times Book Review

“Doug Brinkley’s chronicle of Hurricane Katrina has a keen sense of history and context” — Graydon Carter

“[A] riveting story” — Cokie Roberts

“The first historical book that has researched the available record on Katrina and is the closest to actual fact.” — Gov. Kathleen Blanco

“More dispassionate and analytical books will be written about Katrina, few will capture the human drama as well as Brinkley’s.” — Financial Times

“An important, poignant and often-infuriating look at the tragedy.” — Denver Post

“Written with verve and energy, this is Brinkley’s best book to date.” — Times Picayune

“…likely to be the [account] against which other treatments of the subject will be judged.” — Daily Advertiser

“An impassioned argument for sustained national interest in the aftermath of a catastrophe.” — The Advocate

“You can call “The Great Deluge” history, or you can call it journalism. But it’s good stuff” — St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“If you’ve grown numb to the horror of Katrina, this will wake you up. It’s a stirring and important book.” — The Arizona Republic