![]() ![]() ![]() Larson follows the path of the storm up to Galveston, while also looking at the people of Galveston and the vitality of the city. The initial birth of the storm is described with Larson's speculation on hurricane formation. Larson follows this prologue with a look at the science of hurricanes and all of the unusual factors that may have led to the hurricane that season. Isaac, despite all of the meteorological signs saying otherwise, cannot shake the uneasy feeling that something is amiss. The book opens with a restless Isaac Cline on the night of September 7, 1900, the eve of the 1900 Galveston hurricane's landfall. The book is set in turn-of-the-century Galveston, Texas, a bustling port, placing a primary focus on the role of Isaac Cline in the hurricane's destruction of Galveston. The book follows the events immediately preceding, during, and after the 1900 Galveston hurricane. Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History is a 2000 New York Times bestseller by Erik Larson presented in a non-fiction, novelistic style. ![]()
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