Isaac's storm : a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history / Erik Larson.
Larson, Erik, 1954-; Cline, Isaac Monroe, 1861-1955.
2000
F394.G2 L37 2000b (Mapit)
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Title Isaac's storm : a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history / Erik Larson.
Author Larson, Erik, 1954-
Edition 1st Vintage Books ed.
ISBN 9780375708275 (pbk.)
0375708278 (pbk.)
Publication Details New York : Vintage Books, 2000.
Language English
Description 323 p. : maps ; 21 cm.
Call Number F394.G2 L37 2000b
Dewey Decimal Classification 976.4139
Summary 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 by a monster hurricane that completely destroyed the town and killed over 6,000 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. Thrilling, powerful, and unrelentingly suspenseful, Isaac's Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the uncontrollable force of nature.
Note Based on the diaries of Isaac Monroe Cline and on contemporary accounts.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author Cline, Isaac Monroe, 1861-1955.
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