Condition: Good. Packed in a BOX with cardboard backing and padding. (See Photos!) Size: 14" x 11". Pages: not written on, clean, bright, odor free, Fine edges. Dust Jacket: clean, bright, moderate bumping to edges, slight crease at front right near top edge, curl to back bottom edge. Same or next day shipping (weekdays and Saturdays)! Ships from California.  ABOUT: The Fortress of New Orleans - A Photographic Tour of the Largest Civil Works Program in U.S. History by Evans-Graves Engineers | 2012. lAir hen Hurricane Katrina blew ashore on August 29, 2005, no one could have imagined the sheer devastation that would ensue. This monstrous hurricane caused sev-eral breaches in the hurricane protection system sur-rounding New Orleans, resulting in flooding across four parishes. The storm took hundreds of lives, caused billions of dollars in damages to homes and buildings, and created mountains of debris. This catastrophic event unfolded on live TV and was seen across the nation and around the world. The Administration and Congress responded quickly and generously by authorizing and funding one of the most immense, important, and complex civil works reconstruction projects in United States his-tory. As the Greater New Orleans area began to re-cover, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers adopted a mission to repair, design, and construct a five-parish perimeter hurricane defense system unlike any other in the world. And they pledged to do it in a mere six years or "break our backs trying." This book serves as a visual record of representative parts and pieces of the Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System, a true flood and surge defense system comprised of traditional earthen levees and floodwalls as well as state-of-the-art flood-control components that are viewed as engineering marvels. Many of these unique structures will be replicated by other cities in the United States and around the world. This is a book of hope, renewal, and reconstruction. Thousands of men and women helped in this historic effort. Millions of man-hours, tons of dirt and concrete, and miles of steel were used to con-struct this defense system in the hope of reducing the risk from a catastrophic event in the future.