Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal’s debut book is #1 Best Seller on Amazon.
The book it titled Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina.
Rosenthal’s book describes her role as a citizen investigator and how––against all odds––she exposed the culprit in the catastrophic flooding of New Orleans and compelled the news media, and the government, to tell the truth.
Levees.org just obtained new data showing that the number of Americans protected by levees has increased compared to a decade ago.
Sixty-two percent of the American population lives in counties with levees. A decade ago, the percentage was 55%.
Jacket cover designed by M Styborski of New Orleans
On Tuesday, August 11, Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal will do an outdoor Sidewalk Book Signing for her debut book at Octavia Books (513 Octavia Street) in New Orleans from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina (Mango Publishing) documents how the Army Corps of Engineers spent millions––in cooperation with the engineering establishment––to fool the American public on why New Orleans flooded in 2005.
A video of Rosenthal unboxing her books for the first time is trending and has been viewed over 50,000 times on Facebook and Twitter.
The book is selected by Publishers Weekly in Politics and Current Events for Fall of 2020. It has been a #1 New Release on Amazon.com for 36 weeks.
