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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Orr, Tamra B., author.
Title: Hurricane Katrina and America’s response / Tamra B. Orr.
Description: Ann Arbor : Cherry Lake Publishing, 2017. | Series: Modern perspectives | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016058623| ISBN 9781634728591 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781534100374
(paperback) | ISBN 9781634729482 (PDF) | ISBN 9781534101265 (hosted ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Hurricane Katrina, 2005—Social aspects—Louisiana—New Orleans—Juvenile
literature. | Hurricane Katrina, 2005—Juvenile literature. | New Orleans (La.)—History—21st
century—Juvenile literature. | New Orleans (La.)—Social conditions—21st century—Juvenile
literature. | Disaster victims—Louisiana—New Orleans—Biography—Juvenile literature. |
New Orleans (La.)—Biography—Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC F379.N557 O77 2017 | DDC 976.3/35—dc23
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