Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson

Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

Erik Larson

323 pages first pub 1999 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography history science informative slow-paced

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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 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resident m...

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