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Title:

Isaac's storm [Audio] : a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history / Larson, Erik.

Format:

[Audio] :

Publisher:

Random House Pub.

Copyright Date:

1999

Description:

5 sound discs (6 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Floods--Galveston--Galveston--History--20th century.
Audiobooks.
Audiobooks.--1999.
Hurricanes--Galveston--Galveston--History--20th century.
Galveston (Texas)--20th century.
Galveston (Texas)--Biography.

Other Authors:

Herrmann, Edward.
Cline, Isaac Monroe.

Notes:

In container (17 cm.). Title from container. Subtitle from container. Abridged. "Random House audiobooks."--Container spine. Read by Edward Herrmann.

Summary:

Isaac Cline was one of the era's new men, a scientist who believed he knew all there was to know about the motion of clouds and the behavior of storms. The idea that a hurricane could damage the city of Galveston, Texas, where he was based was to him preposterous. It is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets nature's last uncontrollable force, based on Cline's own letters, telegrams, and reports, the testimony of scores of survivors, and our latest understanding of the hows and whys of great storms.

ISBN:

0739340360
9780739340363

Locations:

FGPD194 -- New Hampton Public Library (New Hampton)