Isaac's Storm : A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

Larson, Erik

ISBN 10: 0609602330 / ISBN 13: 9780609602331

Published by Crown, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Isaac's Storm : A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
• Publisher: Crown
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0609602330
• ISBN 13: 9780609602331
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Erik Larson is the author of six national bestsellers--The Splendid and the Vile, Dead Wake, In the Garden of Beasts, Thunderstruck, The Devil in the White City, and Isaac's Storm--which have collectively sold more than ten million copies. His books have been published in nearly twenty countries.