Isaac's Storm : A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
by Larson, Erik
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- 0609602330
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About This Item
Crown, 1999. Hardcover. Like New/Fine. 6x1x9. At the dawn of the twentieth century, a great confidence suffused America. 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, "an absurd delusion." It was 1900, a year when America felt bigger and stronger than ever before. Nothing in nature could hobble the gleaming city of Galveston, then a magical place that seemed destined to become the New York of the Gulf. Meticulously researched and vividly written, Isaac's Storm is 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. Ultimately, however, it is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets nature's last great uncontrollable force. As such, Isaac's Storm carries a warning for our time.
Synopsis
Erik Larson, a contributor to Time magazine, is the author of The Naked Consumer and Lethal Passage (Crown, 1994). His work has appeared in The Atlantic , Harper's , and other national magazines. He lives in Seattle.
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- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU2020023453
- Title
- Isaac's Storm : A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
- Author
- Larson, Erik
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0609602330
- ISBN 13
- 9780609602331
- Publisher
- Crown
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 19 oz
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