Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
of Erik Larson (Goodreads Author)
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National BestsellerSeptember 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resident meteorologist for the U.S. Weather Bureau failed to grasp the true meaning of the strange deep-sea swells and peculiar winds that greeted the city that morning. Mere hours later, Galveston found itself submerged in a monster hurricane that completely destroyed the town and killed over six thousand people in what remains the greatest natural disaster in American history--and Isaac Cline found himself the victim of a devastating personal tragedy.Using Cline's own telegrams, letters, and reports, the testimony of scores of survivors, and our latest understanding of the science of hurricanes, Erik Larson builds a chronicle of one man's heroic struggle and fatal miscalculation in the face of a storm of unimaginable magnitude. Riveting, powerful, and unbearably suspenseful, Isaac's Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the great uncontrollable force of nature.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 336 pages
- Publisher Vintage Books USA
- Publication Date July 11th 2000
- First Publication 08/24/99
- Language English
- ISBN 9780375708275
- Edition Not informed
- Category History & Politics
- Scenario ['Galveston, Texas (United States)']
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