10:05 am - Douglas Brinkley @ CPLS
On August 17 @ 7pm
Come listen to best selling author and historian Douglas Brinkley, author of The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Coast as he recounts the events from August 27 - September 3, 2005. Brinkley is professor of history and director of the Roosevelt Center at Tulane University in New Orleans. He lived through the destruction of Hurricane Katrina and has written one of the most complete accounts of the harrowing week that followed the storm and its aftermath.
A noted historian, Douglas Brinkley has had four of his books selected as New York Times Notable Books of the Year. His last three historical narratives Tour of Duty, The Boys of Pointe du Hoc, and Parish Priest were all New York Times bestsellers. Copies of The Great Deluge will be available for sale at the program.
No reservations are required for this free event, which is sponsored by the Friends of the Clearwater Library. For more information, call (727) 562-4970 ext. 5284.
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