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REVISED EDITION: Gaining a firm grasp on the highly complex, famously fraught aftermath of Hurricane Katrina can seem as tenuous as its victims’ shaky grasp on survival. Mayor C. Ray Nagin was there during the city of New Orleans' darkest hours. Charged with assessing the forces that swirled around him, the city’s leader strove to maintain formidable calm in the face of the biggest natural and man-made disaster in America’s history. That is, until he simply could not. Nagin’s first-hand account, Katrina’s Secrets: Storms after the Storm lays out the days leading up to and immediately following the storm. At once stirringly elegiac and disarmingly candid, this spellbinding reckoning delivers exacting detail, while boldly exposing secrets that, until now, have been glossed over or spun out. Nagin’s team confronted thousands of calls pleading for rescue; politicos more keen to pose for photos than to pose solutions; broken promises from FEMA; the violent Superdome; and the controversial acts of some police. When he at last broke down in a radio interview, the world cried with him. Clear and compassionate, the author illuminates the magnitude of the efforts undertaken in response to the lives that hung in the balance and the actions taken to restore New Orleans to its rightful luster. Katrina’s Secrets also provides crucial context of race and class to shed new and unnerving light on how the events played out. Throughout the searing narrative, Nagin’s deep love of his native city shines through like a beacon in the treacherous, storm-tossed night. Any reader dumbfounded by the fallout of Katrina will cling to every graceful, gutsy page of this heartbreaking ode to a place like no other, and its breathtaking comeback. Katrina’s Secrets is certain to give ample pause for thought—and cause to act.

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June 1, 2011
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146095971X
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978-1460959718
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C. Ray Nagin was born in New Orleans' Charity Hospital. He grew up in the inner city, graduating from the public school system. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Tuskegee Institute and a Masters of Business Administration from Tulane University. After a very successful career in corporate America, he entered the New Orleans mayoral race in 2002 and was elected the sixtieth Mayor of New Orleans. His administration initiated progressive policies that focused on transparency, fiscal accountability, and technological enhancement. They eliminated back-to-back budget deficits, significantly reduced poverty levels, facilitated billions in infrastructure projects, and launched a highly acclaimed city website. In August 2005, Nagin ordered the first-ever mandatory evacuation before Hurricane Katrina directly hit New Orleans. Prior to holding public office, he worked with a great team to transform Cox Communications' local operations into one of its most profitable assets. He is married to Seletha Smith Nagin, and they have three children, Jeremy, Jarin and Tianna.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (June 1, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 340 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 146095971X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1460959718
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.63 x 9.02 inches

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Robert Cafferty

Interesting, free flowing, and enlightening

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 22, 2011

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As a native and a highly civically engaged resident of New Orleans, I was often very curious about many of the "goings on" in those times after the levees broke on us. There were many points of interest, including the Dallas meeting, that I had wondered about since Katrina. But there is one particular example that I enjoyed being more informed about. It was enlightening to know that Nagin was much more engaged and communicative with the people "harbored" at the State's Louisiana Superdome than has been reported in the last six years. I had not known that. Learning that was important to me as a citizen, voter, and advocate for my city that my leader had INDEED led, as best as he could, while also being an endurer of a similar degree of anguish and deprivation as those stuck in the Superdome and all while leaders at other levels of government, who had more resources and who had the mental benefit of calm because of situational distance, did not make fast or helpful decisions for the greater good but based on political calculations or whatever directed them....The book was enlightening and a fast paced read. I have always known Nagin to be direct and honest...sometimes to a fault for those who prefer pleasantries that never get to the heart of issues and the need for change. This book should be treated as a definitive first hand historical piece on mayoral leadership during the response to Hurricane Katrina and the levee/flood wall failures. I suspect the other books (Governor Blanco's, Presidnet Bush's, Karl Rove's, Brinkley's) are just spin by career politicians (unlike Nagin) or immediate after the fact book selling (and money acquiring) scholarship (Brinkley) that didn't even interview Nagin from what I understand....I believe Nagin declined to be interviewed because he was busy starting to rebuild the city while also having to run for reelection against the clock turners trying to send the city backwards. Now, THAT is leadership. Thank God enough of us knew what the defenders of the status quo in the social sphere were attempting and what the career politicians were ready to defend or "create" with them for their votes and resources. Unfortunately, too many of us forgot that in the 2010 mayoral election. That said, thank God that the recovery has already been set in motion in a big and just way.

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Kaggy

A ring side seat on Katrina

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 9, 2011

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Mayor Nagin was there 24/7 and went through the entire ordeal of Katrina; thus the reader has a first-hand ring side seat. Nagin is not shy about sharing his total experiences -- most are distressful but some a little humorous. His experiences are authentic because many of us lived through the entire ordeal too.

I have known Mr. Nagin for many years, and I can attest to his honesty and integrity as revealed throughout his narrative. Sometimes his honesty has gotten him in trouble and gained him enemies, but be assured that you will learn all the facts including the untold secrets of Katrina.

The book also reflects many fascinating aspects of New Orleans' history -- social, cultural, racial and political. Nagin has lived these experiences growing up in a working class family, earning degrees at Tuskegee University and Tulane University's Freeman Graduate School of Business, and succeeding as a business executive before becoming Mayor. While some reviewers have called Mayor Nagin racist because of his "Chocolate City" speech on Martin Luther King Day in 2006, it is important for readers to understand the circumstances of that historical moment as detailed in his book.

I also recommend reading "Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927" by John M. Barry because you will be amazed by the similarities of these two events in history.

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sandra wilson

Mind boggling!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 21, 2021

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I read things that I didn’t know about what happened in New Orleans after the Katrina storm. It was truly a sad place to be in!

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Morpheus5692

Eye opening!!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 11, 2011

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I am still reading this book & am about halfway through it. There are parts of this book (in the prelude) that seem misplaced & the flow of the book (first chapter )can be challenging in some minor parts, but it does little to overshadow the overwhelming emotion generated by Mr. Nagins account of the tragedies and atrocities that took place during this time period. There are parts of this book that made my cry in sorrow & other parts that make me proud of the people who stayed to fight through this great disaster. This is a good book so far. Its always good to get an insiders perspective on the challenges that were faced. Overall, this book reads as if you are sitting down for dinner and drinks with Mr. Nagin who has one helluva story to tell. Thank you Mr. Nagin for providing us with your story.

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Matter of Perspective

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 31, 2013

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When reading this book I felt that everyone should take it with a grain of salt. As I was reading the forward it became apparent to me that the book was going to relay Ray Nagin's version of events, not the media's or anyone else's. The book is written a little out of sequence and Mr. Nagin liked to skip around when relaying details of the story. I found it interesting because as a current resident of New Orleans it helped me understand the animosity that still lingers in residents and the politics of the area. If you want to become familiar with one of the many versions of events surrounding Katrina this is the book for you. If you are searching for a book that is actually about Katrina look elsewhere.

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H. R. Roberts

Although Nagin is a crooked Democrat ( like most big city liberal mayors in progressive shooting-galleries ) ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 16, 2017

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Although Nagin is in prison serving time, the book was well written and gave his squalid account of pre and post-KATRINA. Although Nagin is a crooked Democrat ( like most big city liberal mayors in progressive shooting-galleries ) it was Nagin's ninth hour speech, covered by all networks where he stressed, "GET OUT. GET OUT NOW. This storm is coming. Just get the hell out of New Orleans. Evacuate now. I'm not going to tell you again." Those words saved the lives of probably 5-10,000 New Orleanians and for that alone, we should thank Nagin.

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