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Isaac's Storm - A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson |
America's greatest natural disaster destroyed much of Galveston in 1900 killing far in excess of 6,000 people. More devastating by far than Hurricane Katrina, this is the story of the hurricane reconstructed from eyewitness accounts and told from the viewpoint of Isaac Cline, local meteorologist and survivor. Convinced that such a storm could never occur Isaac ignored many of the warning signs and paid a heavy personal price. A richly evocative and highly readable reconstruction.
(Clive Yelf - bwl 33 February 2006 ) |
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