2010 PROSE Award Winner for Nursing & Allied Health Sciences

2010 AJN Book of the Year Award Winner in Public Interest and Creative Works

The accounts are vivid, colorful, descriptive, intense, and often horrific and give cross-sectional views of life in the trenches during this disaster√nThis book is a rich primary source for both historians and disaster preparedness planners. It's not only a tribute to the courage of the nurses, but should also serve as a guide for policy planners hoping to avoid less than optimal responses to future crises.--AJN...