Isaac's Storm Isaac's Storm

Isaac's Storm

A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

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Publisher Description

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The riveting true story of the Galveston hurricane of 1900, still the deadliest natural disaster in American history—from the acclaimed author of The Devil in the White City

“A gripping account ... fascinating to its core, and all the more compelling for being true.” —The New York Times Book Review

September 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—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.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2000
July 11
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
336
Pages
PUBLISHER
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
9.7
MB

Customer Reviews

Cyber_Grunt ,

Notable Work by Erik Larson

I have read quite a few Larson books 📚 and they are never a disappointment. His research 🧐 is accurate and commendable. Highly recommended.

Bodhiboy65 ,

Stormy Weather

Larson has written another beautiful, well-researched and deep historical narratives.

Burry R ,

Issac’s Storm

Haunting story.

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