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Isaac's storm

a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history

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An edition of Random Winds (1980)

Isaac's storm

a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history

1st ed.
  • 4.0 (9 ratings) ·
  • 27 Want to read
  • 8 Have read

"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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Publisher
Crown Publishers
Language
English
Pages
323

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Cover of: Isaac's storm
Isaac's storm: a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history
2000, G.K. Hall & Co.
in English
Cover of: Isaac's storm
Isaac's storm: a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history
2000, G.K. Hall & Co., G K Hall & Co
in English
Cover of: Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Cover of: Isaac's storm
Isaac's storm: a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history
1999, Crown Publishers
Hardcover in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Isaac's storm
Isaac's storm: a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history
1999, Crown Publishers
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Random Winds
Random Winds
1980, Delacorte Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-313) and index.
Based on the diaries of Isaac Monroe Cline and on contemporary accounts.

Published in
New York
Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
976.4/139
Library of Congress
F394.G2 L37 1999, F394.G2L37 1999, F 394 G2 L37 1999

The Physical Object

Pagination
323 p. :
Number of pages
323

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL37938M
Internet Archive
isaacsstormmanti0000lars
ISBN 10
0609602330
LCCN
99025515
OCLC/WorldCat
41002882
Library Thing
39355
Goodreads
1468107

First Sentence

"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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