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The Resource Isaac's storm : a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history, Erik Larson
Isaac's storm : a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history, Erik Larson
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- Summary
- 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 true meaning of the strange deep-sea swells and peculiar winds that greeted the city that morning. Mere hours later, Galveston found itself submerged by a monster hurricane that completely destroyed the town and killed over 6,000 people in what remains the greatest natural disaster in American history-and Isaac Cline found himself the victim of a devastating personal tragedy. Using Cline's own telegrams, letters, and reports, the testimony of scores of survivors, and our latest understanding of the science of hurricanes, Erik Larson builds a chronicle of one man's heroic struggle and fatal miscalculation in the face of a storm of unimaginable magnitude. Thrilling, powerful, and unrelentingly suspenseful, Isaac's Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the uncontrollable force of nature
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Vintage Books ed.
- Extent
- 323 pages
- Note
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- Originally published: NY: Crown, 1999
- Based on the telegrams, letters, and reports of Isaac Cline
- Contents
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- Atlantic Ocean map
- Galveston map
- Beach: September 8, 1900
- Law of storms
- Serpent's coil
- Spectacle
- Cataclysm
- Strange news
- Haunted
- Notes
- Sources
- Index
- Isbn
- 9780375708275
- Label
- Isaac's storm : a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history
- Title
- Isaac's storm
- Title remainder
- a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history
- Statement of responsibility
- Erik Larson
- Subject
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- Biography
- Biography
- Cline, Isaac Monroe
- Cline, Isaac Monroe, 1861-1955
- Cline, Isaac Monroe, 1861-1955
- Cline, Isaac Monroe, 1861-1955
- Cline, Isaac Monroe, 1861-1955
- Floods
- Floods
- Floods -- Texas | Galveston -- History -- 20th century
- Floods -- Texas, Galveston -- History -- 20th century
- Galveston (Tex.) -- Biography
- 1900 - 1999
- History
- History
- Hurricanes
- Hurricanes
- Hurricanes -- Texas | Galveston -- History -- 20th century
- Hurricanes -- Texas, Galveston -- History -- 20th century
- Texas -- Galveston
- Texas -- Galveston
- Galveston (Tex.) -- History -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 true meaning of the strange deep-sea swells and peculiar winds that greeted the city that morning. Mere hours later, Galveston found itself submerged by a monster hurricane that completely destroyed the town and killed over 6,000 people in what remains the greatest natural disaster in American history-and Isaac Cline found himself the victim of a devastating personal tragedy. Using Cline's own telegrams, letters, and reports, the testimony of scores of survivors, and our latest understanding of the science of hurricanes, Erik Larson builds a chronicle of one man's heroic struggle and fatal miscalculation in the face of a storm of unimaginable magnitude. Thrilling, powerful, and unrelentingly suspenseful, Isaac's Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the uncontrollable force of nature
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- OBE
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Larson, Erik
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- F394.G2
- LC item number
- L37 2000b
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1861-1955
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Cline, Isaac Monroe
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Cline, Isaac Monroe
- Cline, Isaac Monroe
- Cline, Isaac Monroe
- Galveston (Tex.)
- Galveston (Tex.)
- Texas
- Hurricanes
- Floods
- Floods
- Hurricanes
- Hurricanes
- Floods
- Label
- Isaac's storm : a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history, Erik Larson
- Note
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- Originally published: NY: Crown, 1999
- Based on the telegrams, letters, and reports of Isaac Cline
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-313) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Atlantic Ocean map -- Galveston map -- Beach: September 8, 1900 -- Law of storms -- Serpent's coil -- Spectacle -- Cataclysm -- Strange news -- Haunted -- Notes -- Sources -- Index
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st Vintage Books ed.
- Extent
- 323 pages
- Isbn
- 9780375708275
- Lccn
- 99025515
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- maps
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)44989767
- (OCoLC)ocm44989767
- Label
- Isaac's storm : a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history, Erik Larson
- Note
-
- Originally published: NY: Crown, 1999
- Based on the telegrams, letters, and reports of Isaac Cline
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-313) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Atlantic Ocean map -- Galveston map -- Beach: September 8, 1900 -- Law of storms -- Serpent's coil -- Spectacle -- Cataclysm -- Strange news -- Haunted -- Notes -- Sources -- Index
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st Vintage Books ed.
- Extent
- 323 pages
- Isbn
- 9780375708275
- Lccn
- 99025515
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- maps
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)44989767
- (OCoLC)ocm44989767
Subject
- Biography
- Biography
- Cline, Isaac Monroe
- Cline, Isaac Monroe, 1861-1955
- Cline, Isaac Monroe, 1861-1955
- Cline, Isaac Monroe, 1861-1955
- Cline, Isaac Monroe, 1861-1955
- Floods
- Floods
- Floods -- Texas | Galveston -- History -- 20th century
- Floods -- Texas, Galveston -- History -- 20th century
- Galveston (Tex.) -- Biography
- 1900 - 1999
- History
- History
- Hurricanes
- Hurricanes
- Hurricanes -- Texas | Galveston -- History -- 20th century
- Hurricanes -- Texas, Galveston -- History -- 20th century
- Texas -- Galveston
- Texas -- Galveston
- Galveston (Tex.) -- History -- 20th century
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