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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
By Erik Larson
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Notes From Your Bookseller
Notes From Your Bookseller
Faced with a storm surge twice as tall as the highest point in Galveston, TX, leaving nearly 2,000 acres of land completely wiped out and washed away, this is still one of the most deadly weather events in U.S. history. Bestselling author Erik Larson has written the ultimate narrative of this devastating storm.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The riveting true story of the Galveston hurricane of 1900, still the deadliest natural disaster in American history—from the acclaimed author of The Devil in the White City
“A gripping account ... fascinating to its core, and all the more compelling for being true.” —The 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 tru...
“A gripping account ... fascinating to its core, and all the more compelling for being true.” —The 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 tru...
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In Erik Larson’s latest guest post on The Demon of Unrest, he states: “What I needed now were vivid details to help illuminate the landscape of the past. The little things. The omnipresence of chewing tobacco and its residues. Wolves roaming the antebellum forest, along with a host of poisonous snakes. Vultures cleaning the streets […]
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