City of Dust: Illness, Arrogance, and 9/11
(Sprache: Englisch)
The World Trade Center's destruction unleashed one of the gravest environmental catastrophes in U.S. history. Now, former "NY Times" Ground Zero reporter Anthony DePalma presents a full accounting of the disaster that "followed" 9/11. He separates myths...
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The World Trade Center's destruction unleashed one of the gravest environmental catastrophes in U.S. history. Now, former "NY Times" Ground Zero reporter Anthony DePalma presents a full accounting of the disaster that "followed" 9/11. He separates myths from reality...reveals decisions that destroyed public trust...shares victims' untold stories...and helps us ensure this never happens again.
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Acknowledgments x About the Author xi Part I: Catastrophe Introduction 3 Chapter 1 All That We Hold Dear 9 Chapter 2 Optimism or Arrogance? 27 Chapter 3 Significant Chaos 43 Part II: Disease Chapter 4 Raising Doubts 65 Chapter 5 A Gathering Storm 81 Chapter 6 Building a Science 99 Chapter 7 It's Not the Dying 117 Chapter 8 Life and Dust 145 Part III: Doubt Chapter 9 Such Money Grubbers as These 171 Chapter 10 Degrees of Certitude 191 Chapter 11 Beyond Doubt 209 Chapter 12 Assaulting Uncertainty 239 Chapter 13 Science on Trial 261 Part IV: Reality Chapter 14 Missed Opportunities 287 Chapter 15 Afterclap 299 Epilogue 317 Index 329
Autoren-Porträt von Anthony DePalma
Anthony DePalma is currently writer-in-residence at Seton Hall University. DePalma spent 22 years as a reporter and foreign correspondent for The New York Times. After 9/11, he wrote many of the Times' Pulitzer Prize-winning "Portraits of Grief" and spent four years covering the environmental and health consequences of ground zero. A 2007 Emmy finalist for "Toxic Legacy," in 2009 he won the prestigious Maria Moors Cabot Prize for distinguished international reporting. DePalma's books include Here: A Biography of the New American Continent and The Man Who Invented Fidel: Castro, Cuba, and Herbert L. Matthews of The New York Times.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Anthony DePalma
- 2010, 352 Seiten, Maße: 16,7 x 23,9 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Financial Times Prentice Hall
- ISBN-10: 0131385666
- ISBN-13: 9780131385665
Sprache:
Englisch
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Kirkus Reviews calls Anthony DePalma's City of Dust "An important story with broad ramifications." Natural Resources Defense Council calls City of Dust "Part chronicle of tragedy and heroism, part detective story and part legal thriller."
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