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  • Nine Lives

  • Mystery, Magic, Death, and Life in New Orleans
  • Written by: Dan Baum
  • Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
  • Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins

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Written by: Dan Baum
Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
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Publisher's Summary

Nines Lives is a multivoiced biography of a dazzling, surreal, and imperiled city, told through the lives of nine unforgettable characters and bracketed by two epic storms: Hurricane Betsy, which transformed New Orleans in the 1960s, and Hurricane Katrina, which nearly destroyed it. Dan Baum brings this kaleidoscopic portrait to life, showing us what was lost in the storm and what remains to be saved.

©2009 Dan Baum (P)2016 Tantor
  • Unabridged Audiobook
  • Categories: History

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"Baum, an empathetic storyteller, has nearly perfectly distilled the events, providing readers with a sensuous portrait of a place.... Baum's chronicle leaves readers with a bittersweet understanding of what Americans lost during Hurricane Katrina." ( Publishers Weekly)

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