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"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.".
"In Galveston, reassured by Cline's belief that no hurricane could seriously damage the city, there was celebration. Children played in the rising water. Hundreds of people gathered at the beach to marvel at the fantastically tall waves and gorgeous pink sky - until the surf began ripping the city's beloved beachfront apart. Within the next few hours Galveston would endure a hurricane that to this day remains the nation's deadliest natural disaster.
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."--BOOK JACKET.
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Hurricanes, Galveston (tex.), Texas, history, local, Floods, Texas, biography, History, Biography, 20th century, Texas, Fiction, History - general history, Natural disasters, General, United states - state & local - general, Galveston, Nyt:expeditions-disasters-and-adventures=2015-03-08, New york times bestsellerShowing 6 featured editions. View all 15 editions?
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Isaac's storm: a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history
2000, G.K. Hall & Co.
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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
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Isaac's storm: a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history
1999, Crown Publishers
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-313) and index.
Based on the diaries of Isaac Monroe Cline and on contemporary accounts.
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"THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT of Friday, September 7, 1900, Isaac Monroe Cline found himself waking to a persistent sense of something gone wrong."
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