Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Format: library binding
ISBN:
9780613292719 (0613292715)
Publish date: July 11th 2000
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Pages no: 323
Edition language: English
Takes off when the hurricane hits, a little dull until then. Best writing occurs when he is relating the height of the storm.
The first “intimation” of the true extent of the disaster, Benjamin recalled, “came when the body of a child floated into the station.”Doesn't that send a chill down your spine? The true story of the 1900 Galveston hurricane is told in the dramatic, gripping style I am coming to love. Erik Larsen's ...
I dunno. I felt like there was something missing about this book, but I can't really put my finger on what it was.
Strangely enough, I began reading "Isaac's Storm" and "Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and how it changed America" at the same time. Spurred no doubt by the rather feeble hurricane Irene that hit the east coast in August 2011, I got interested in reading about hurricanes and how t...
SPOILER FREE!!!This is a book focused on the science of weather. If that subject does not intersts you, do not rad this book. You must be interested in this science. It is a book of non-fiction; don't expect a book that will relate a harrowing tale of the hurricane that destroyed Galveston in Septem...
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