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By scott crow

while the united states govt failed New Orleans in 2005, writer Scott Crow headed right into a political typhoon, co-founding a aid attempt often called the typical flooring Collective. within the absence of country management, the weird volunteer organization in keeping with team spirit, no longer charity, outfitted scientific clinics and arrange meals distribution. Crow's brilliant memoir maps the intertwining of his radical adventure and ideas with the brutal fact of Katrina in a narrative of resisting indifference, inviting the reader to benefit from the blunders of contemporary history.

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