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The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster
The Big Truck That Went By How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster Author:Jonathan M. Katz The earthquake that leveled Haiti's capital on January 12, 2010, defied logic, imagination, even superstition. The magnitude-7.0 temblor proved to be the deadliest ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere. How did such a vicious catastrophe strike at the heart of one of the most beleaguered nations on Earth? And why, three years after so many nat... more »ions and ordinary people spent billions of dollars of money and sent thousands of people to help, hasn't Haiti gotten better?
In this gripping account, award-winning former AP correspondent Jonathan M. Katz bears witness to the devastation, the struggles of its victims -- starting with his own unlikely story of survival -- and takes a hard look at international aid, revealing how even the best intentions can leave countries worse off than before. Taking an up-close look at Bill Clinton, Sean Penn, Wyclef Jean, Haitian presidents past and present, and above all ordinary people persevering amid the absurdities of life in the quake zone, this vivid and intimate piece of reportage takes the reader inside an unimaginable disaster in one of the most fascinating countries in the world.« less
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