商品簡介
In June 2008, Cedar Rapids, Iowa was one of the cities hardest hit by the Mississippi River's worst flood in decades. A year later, Lyons found that the official optimism masked the reality of a city that was only slowly recovering from the disaster, with thousands of lives still disrupted and FEMA trailers still in many neighborhoods. Based on interviews with dozens of city residents and officials, the author tells the story of the disaster itself, and of how the people of Cedar Rapids dealt with both the aftermath of the flood and with disaster aid that was always going to arrive "any day now." While focusing on the experience of one city, Lyons asks questions about how the country responds to disasters that are relevant anywhere that is hit by Nature's violence. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Stephen J. Lyons is the author of A View from the Inland Northwest: Everyday Life in America (Globe Pequot) and Landscape of the Heart (Washington State University). He is two-time recipient of a fellowship in prose writing from the Illinois Arts Council and has published articles, reviews, essays, and poems in numerous anthologies and publications, including Newsweek, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Salon, and High Country News.
