Nine Lives by Dan Baum

Nine Lives by Dan Baum

The hidden history of the haunted and beloved city of New Orleans, told through the intersecting lives of nine remarkable characters.

"Nine Lives is stunning work. Dan Baum has immersed himself in New Orleans, the most fascinating city in the United States, and illuminated it in a way that is as innovative as Tom Wolfe on hot rods and Truman Capote on a pair of murderers. Full of stylistic brilliance and deep insight and an overriding compassion, Nine Lives is an instant classic of creative nonfiction." --Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
 
Nine Lives is a multivoiced biography of a dazzling, surreal, and imperiled city, told through the lives of night unforgettable characters and bracketed by two epic storms: Hurricane Betsy, which transformed New Orleans in the 1960s, and Hurricane Katrina, which nearly destroyed it. Dan Baum brings the kaleidoscopic portrait to life, showing us what was lost in the storm and what remains to be saved.

BONUS: This edition contains a Nine Lives discussion guide.

Dan Baum is the bestselling author of Gun Men, Smoke and Mirrors, and Citizen Coors, among other nonfiction books. He has written for Rolling Stone, Playboy, the New York Times Magazine, and many other publications. He was a former staff writer for the New Yorker.

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ISBN 13	9780385523202
ISBN 10	0385523203
Title	Nine Lives
Author	Dan Baum
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2010-02-16
Number of pages	368
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