Isaac's storm : a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history / Erik Larson.
Isaac Cline was one of the era's new men, a scientist who believed he knew all there was to know about the motion of clouds and the behavior of storms. The idea that a hurricane could damage the city of Galveston, Texas, where he was based was to him preposterous. It is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets nature's last uncontrollable force, based on Cline's own letters, telegrams, and reports, the testimony of scores of survivors, and our latest understanding of the hows and whys of great storms.
Record details
- ISBN: 0609602330
- ISBN: 9780609602331
- ISBN: 0375708278
- ISBN: 9780375708275
- ISBN: 9780965043021
- ISBN: 0965043029
- Physical Description: 323 pages : maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Crown Publishers, [1999]
- Copyright: ©1999
Content descriptions
General Note: | Based on the diaries of Isaac Monroe Cline and on contemporary accounts. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-313) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Beach: September 8, 1900 -- ch. 1. Law of storms -- ch. 2. Serpent's coil -- ch. 3. Spectacle -- ch. 4. Cataclysm -- ch. 5. Strange news -- ch. 6. Haunted. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Narrated by Richard M. Davidson. |
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