Now in paperback comes this bestselling narrative of the extreme Hurricane that struck Galveston, Texas, in 1900, leaving at least 8,000 dead in its wake.
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..
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.
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.
Weather Bureau failed to grasp the true meaning of the strange deep-sea swells and peculiar winds that greeted the city that morning.
Even Isaac Cline, resident meteorologist for the U.
S.
National Bestseller September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas.
From the bestselling author of The Devil in the White City , here is the true story of the Deadliest Hurricane in history.
An unforgettable story of the conflict between human hubris and the last great uncontrollable force, Isaac\'s Storm offers a cautionary tale for the millennium.
Now in paperback comes this bestselling narrative of the extreme Hurricane that struck Galveston, Texas, in 1900, leaving at least 8,000 dead in its wake
