Isaac’s Storm

From the bestselling author of The Devil in the White City,here is the true story of the deadliest hurricane in history. National Bestseller September 81900began innocently in the seaside town of GalvestonTexas. Even Isaac Clineresident 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 laterGalveston found itself submerged in a monster hurricane that completely destroyed the town and killed over six thousand 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 telegramslettersand reportsthe testimony of scores of survivorsand our latest understanding of the science of hurricanesErik Larson builds a chronicle of one man’s heroic struggle and fatal miscalculation in the face of a storm of unimaginable magnitude. Rivetingpowerfuland unbearably suspensefulIsaac’s Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the great uncontrollable force of nature.