Wave of destruction
Subtitle: the stories of four families and history's deadliest tsunami
By: Erich Krauss.
Publisher: Rodale
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Emmaus, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781594863783
Subjects: Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004.; Tsunamis -- Indian Ocean.; Tsunamis -- Thailand -- Nam Keam.; Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.
Description: This exquisitely written book puts a human face on the tragedy of last year's Southeast Asian tsunami through the heartbreaking and heroic stories of four who survived this cataclysmic natural disaster Erich Krauss arrived in the Thai village of Nam Keam on a relief truck 12 days after an underwater earthquake of unimaginable magnitude erupted across the ocean floor and unleashed a tsunami that destroyed millions of lives and decimated the coastline of Southeast Asia. Wandering around the wreckage in a contamination suit, trying to deliver food and water, he found survivors desperate to tell him what their village had been like and how their lives had been changed forever. In Wave of Destruction, Krauss shares the pain and privation of four villagers who made it through alive only to bury their family and friends. Beginning with their fight for life as a 40 foot wave crashed down upon their community, and ending with their slow, confusing quest to rebuild after the last of the bodies had been buried, Krauss unveils the actions and thoughts of ordinary people who were forced to brave extraordinary circumstances. Much like John Hersey did in his acclaimed book Hiroshima, Krauss, a gifted writer and expert in Thai culture, allows the reader to experience one of the worst disasters the world has ever known through the eyes of those who will never be able to forget.