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  Zeitoun (Hardback) By (author) Dave Eggers

  

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  Short Description for ZeitounWhen Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Abdulrahman Zeitoun, a prosperous Syrian-American and father of four, chose to stay through the storm to protect his house and contracting business. In the days after the storm, he traveled the flooded streets in a secondhand canoe, passing on supplies and helping those he could. A week later, on September 6, 2005, Zeitoun abruptly disappeared. Eggers's r
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  • Publisher: McSweeney's Books
  • Published: 01 July 2009
  • Format: Hardback 351 pages
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  • Categories: Biography: General | Autobiography: General | Social Impact Of Disasters | Natural Disasters | History Of The Americas
  • ISBN 13: 9781934781630 ISBN 10: 1934781630
  • Sales rank: 36,715

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• In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, longtime New Orleans residents Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun are cast into an unthinkable struggle with forces beyond wind and water. In this startling and deeply humane work of nonfiction, readers will witness our country's worst natural disaster through new eyes, encountering all the hope and contradiction of a unique moment in American history.