Nine Lives: Mystery, Magic, Death, and Life in New Orleans

Dan Baum

Aug 2016 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Jonathan Yen

About this audiobook

Nines Lives is a multivoiced biography of a dazzling, surreal, and imperiled city, told through the lives of nine unforgettable characters and bracketed by two epic storms: Hurricane Betsy, which transformed New Orleans in the 1960s, and Hurricane Katrina, which nearly destroyed it. Dan Baum brings this kaleidoscopic portrait to life, showing us what was lost in the storm and what remains to be saved.

About the author

Dan Baum is the bestselling author of several works of nonfiction, including Gun Guys, Smoke and Mirrors, and Citizen Coors. A former staff writer for the New Yorker, he has also written for Rolling Stone, Playboy, the New York Times Magazine, and many other publications.

Jonathan Yen was inspired by the Golden Age of Radio, and he's carried that inspiration through to commercial work, voice acting, and stage productions. From vintage Howard Fast science fiction to naturalist Paul Rosolie's true adventures in the Amazon, Jonathan loves to tell a good story.