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Author:

Larson, Erik.

Title:

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

Format:

[sound recording] :

Publisher:

Random House Pub.,

Copyright Date:

p1999

Description:

5 sound discs : digital, Dolby processed ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Hurricanes--Galveston--Galveston--History--20th century.
Floods--Galveston--Galveston--History--20th century.
Galveston (Tex.)--History--20th century.
Galveston (Tex.)--Biography.

Other Authors:

Herrmann, Edward. prf
Cline, Isaac Monroe.

Notes:

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.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)42589047

Locations:

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)