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

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The riveting true story of the Galveston hurricane of 1900, still the deadliest natural disaster in American history--from the acclaimed author of The Devil in the White City

"A gripping account ... fascinating to its core, and all the more compelling for being true." --The New York Times Book Review

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 in a monster hurricane that completely destroyed the town and killed over six thousand people--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.

Author: Erik Larson
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Published: 08/24/1999
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.37w x 1.08d
ISBN: 9780609602331

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8.1
Point Value: 13
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 36205 / Isaac's Storm

Award: Book Sense Book of the Year Award - Nominee
Award: Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/14/1999 pg. 56
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/1999 pg. 1022
Booklist 06/15/1999 pg. 1739
Library Journal 07/01/1999 pg. 127
Outside 09/01/1999 pg. 139
New York Times 09/12/1999 pg. 46
Entertainment Weekly 10/01/1999 pg. 70
School Library Journal 03/01/2000 pg. 266
Library Journal 05/01/1999
Entertainment Weekly 03/13/2015 pg. 58

About the Author
Erik Larson is the author of six national bestsellers--The Splendid and the Vile, Dead Wake, In the Garden of Beasts, Thunderstruck, The Devil in the White City, and Isaac's Storm--which have collectively sold more than ten million copies. His books have been published in nearly twenty countries.