Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
ISBN-13:
9780375708275
ISBN-10:
0375708278
Edition:
1
Author:
Erik Larson
Publication date:
2000
Publisher:
Vintage
Format:
Paperback
323 pages
Category:
State & Local
,
United States History
,
Atmospheric Sciences
,
Earth Sciences
,
Climatology
,
Rivers
,
Nature & Ecology
,
Americas History
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ISBN-13:
9780375708275
ISBN-10:
0375708278
Edition:
1
Author:
Erik Larson
Publication date:
2000
Publisher:
Vintage
Format:
Paperback
323 pages
Category:
State & Local
,
United States History
,
Atmospheric Sciences
,
Earth Sciences
,
Climatology
,
Rivers
,
Nature & Ecology
,
Americas History
Summary
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History (ISBN-13: 9780375708275 and ISBN-10: 0375708278), written by authors
Erik Larson, was published by Vintage in 2000.
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Description
From the bestselling author of The Devil in the White City, here is the true story of the deadliest hurricane in history.
National Bestseller
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 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.
National Bestseller
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 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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Feb 23, 2023
I actually read this book twice. It has everything: history, human interest, meteorology, US governmental AND international politics. The total destruction and loss of life was painful to read, but on the whole the book was both educational and absorbing.
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