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Isaac's storm : a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history / Erik Larson.
Record details
- ISBN: 0609602330
- Physical Description: 323 p.
- Publisher: New York : Crown Publishers, c1999.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Based on the diaries of Isaac Monroe Cline and on contemporary accounts. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-313) and index. |
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| Subject: | Cline, Isaac Monroe, 1861-1955. Hurricanes > Texas > Galveston > History > 20th century. Floods > Texas > Galveston > History > 20th century. Galveston (Tex.) > History > 20th century. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 976.4139 Lar | 31681001211044 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Provides an in-depth chronicle of America's deadliest hurricane, which struck the city of Galveston, Texas, in 1900 and killed some ten thousand people, drawing on eyewitness accounts of the catastrophe and the writings of one of America's earliest professional weathermen, Isaac Cline. 75,000 first printing. Tour. - Baker & Taylor
Provides an account of the hurricane which struck Galveston, Texas, in 1900 and killed ten thousand people - Random House, Inc.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠The riveting true story of the Galveston hurricane of 1900, still the deadliest natural disaster in American historyâfrom the acclaimed author of The Devil in the White City
âA gripping account ... fascinating to its core, and all the more compelling for being true.â âThe 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 peopleâand 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.
