Isaacâ s Storm: The Drowning of Galveston, 8 September 1900
Larson, Erik
ISBN 10: 1857028414 ISBN 13: 9781857028416
Verlag: Fourth Estate Ltd, 1999
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Galveston, Texas, 1900. Reports of a storm in the Gulf of Mexico are relayed to Isaac Cline, chief observer of the new Weather Bureau. But storms stay out at sea and veer East to run parallel to the coast normally. This one didn’t …
Isaac Cline was confident of his ability to predict the weather: he had new technology at his disposal, ‘perfect science’, and, like America itself, he was sure that he was in control of his world, that the new century would be the American century, that the future was man’s to command. And the coastal city of Galveston was a prosperous, enthusiastic place – a jewel of progress and contentment, a model for the new century.
The storm blew up in Cuba. It was, in modern jargon, an extreme hurricane – and it did not circle around the Gulf of Mexico as storms routinely did. On 8 September 1900 it ploughed straight into Galveston. It was the meteorological equivalent of the Big One. It was to be the worst natural disaster ever to befall America to this day: between six and ten thousand people died, including Isaac Cline’s wife and unborn child. With them died Cline’s and America’s hubris: the storm had simply blown them away. Told with a novelist’s skill this is the true story of an awful and terrible natural catastrophe.
Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:
Erik Larson is an author of two previous books, including the critically acclaimed ‘Lethal Passage’, about a boy and a gun. Currently an award-winning writer for ‘Time’ magazine, he formerly wrote features stories for the front page of the ‘Wall Street Journal’ and taught non-fiction writing at the Johns Hopkins Writers’ Seminars and San Francisco State University. He lives in Seattle.
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Verlag: Fourth Estate Ltd
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Galveston, Texas, 1900. Reports of a storm in the Gulf of Mexico are relayed to Isaac Cline, chief observer of the new Weather Bureau. But storms stay out at sea and veer East to run parallel to the coast normally. This one didnt Isaac Cline was confident of his ability to predict the weather: he had new technology at his disposal, perfect science, and, like America itself, he was sure that he was in control of his world, that the new century would be the American century, that the future was mans to command. And the coastal city of Galveston was a prosperous, enthusiastic place a jewel of progress and contentment, a model for the new century. The storm blew up in Cuba. It was, in modern jargon, an extreme hurricane and it did not circle around the Gulf of Mexico as storms routinely did. On 8 September 1900 it ploughed straight into Galveston. It was the meteorological equivalent of the Big One. It was to be the worst natural disaster ever to befall America to this day: between six and ten thousand people died, including Isaac Clines wife and unborn child. With them died Clines and Americas hubris: the storm had simply blown them away. Told with a novelists skill this is the true story of an awful and terrible natural catastrophe. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Artikel-Nr. GOR003136135
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Isaac's Storm: The Drowning of Galveston - 8 September 1900
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ISBN 10: 1857028414
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near fine. First UK edition-first printing. Fine/Near fine condition.Fourth Estate,1999.First UK edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2).Purple hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) in fine condition, with Dj(pen marks impressions on the edge of the back Dj cover,a couple of small nicks and scratches on the Dj cover) in near fine condition.Illustrated with a b/w map,plan.The book is as new with a ink mark on the outer edges of the pages,light shelf wear on the back of the Dj cover.389pp including Notes,sources,index.Price un-clipped. Artikel-Nr. 4788
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Isaac's Storm The Drowning of Galveston, 8 September 1900
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ISBN 10: 1857028414
ISBN 13: 9781857028416
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Minor shelf wear to unclipped DJ, gutter starting at title, light foxing to edges of reading block. ; First edition, first printing with full number line. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, pale blue endpapers. Nice tight copy, no names inside, appears unread. DJ design by Debbie Clement. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 400 pages; The true story of a terrible natural catastrophe. Early September 1900, reports of a storm in the Gulf of Mexico are relayed to Isaac Cline, chief observer of the new Weather Bureau. Normally storms stay out at sea and veer East to run parallel to the coast. This one didn't. On September 8th it hit Galveston, a severe hurricane with winds reaching one hundred and fifty miles per hour and a twenty foot storm surge wrecked the city whose highest point was only nine feet above sea level. Overnight between six and ten thousand people died, including Isaac Cline's wife and unborn child. Artikel-Nr. 30905
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