<![CDATA[Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History]]>

false 1468109 <![CDATA[Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183912085m/1468109.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183912085s/1468109.jpg In Isaac's Storm, Erik Larson blends science and history to tell the story of Galveston, its people, and the hurricane that devastated them. Drawing on hundreds of personal reminiscences of the storm, Larson follows individuals through the fateful day and the storm's aftermath. There's Louisa Rollfing, who begged her husband, August, not to go into town the morning of the storm; the Ursuline Sisters at St. Mary's orphanage who tied their charges to lengths of clothesline to keep them together; Judson Palmer, who huddled in his bathroom with his family and neighbors, hoping to ride out the storm. At the center of it all is Isaac Cline, employee of the nascent Weather Bureau, and his younger brother--and rival weatherman--Joseph. Larson does an excellent job of piecing together Isaac's life and reveals that Isaac was not the quick-thinking hero he claimed to be after the storm ended. The storm itself, however, is the book's true protagonist--and Larson describes its nuances in horrific detail.

At times the prose is a bit too purple, but Larson is engaging and keeps the book's tempo rising in pace with the wind and waves. Overall, Isaac's Storm recaptures at a time when, standing in the first year of the century, Americans felt like they ruled the world--and that even the weather was no real threat to their supremacy. Nature proved them wrong. --Sunny Delaney

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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. Riveting, powerful, and unbearably suspenseful, Isaac's Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the great uncontrollable force of nature.]]> 1999 3 6 false Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Mon Sep 17 11:06:27 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 17 11:06:27 -0700 2007 more...]]> 14056749 558618 239186 0375708278 9780375708275 448 <![CDATA[Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661m/239186.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661s/239186.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239186.Isaac_s_Storm_A_Man_a_Time_and_the_Deadliest_Hurricane_in_History 3.92 2253
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. Riveting, powerful, and unbearably suspenseful, Isaac's Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the great uncontrollable force of nature.]]> 1999 5 2 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jan 30 10:01:25 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 10:02:48 -0800 2008 33532188 446079 239186 0375708278 9780375708275 448 <![CDATA[Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661m/239186.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661s/239186.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239186.Isaac_s_Storm_A_Man_a_Time_and_the_Deadliest_Hurricane_in_History 3.92 2253
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. Riveting, powerful, and unbearably suspenseful, Isaac's Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the great uncontrollable force of nature.]]> 1999 5 1 false Sun Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Sep 22 11:37:01 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 30 10:18:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 45178408 1758594 239186 0375708278 9780375708275 448 <![CDATA[Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661m/239186.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661s/239186.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239186.Isaac_s_Storm_A_Man_a_Time_and_the_Deadliest_Hurricane_in_History 3.92 2253
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. Riveting, powerful, and unbearably suspenseful, Isaac's Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the great uncontrollable force of nature.]]> 1999 3 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 02 14:41:44 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 14:42:52 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 61669811 942007 239186 0375708278 9780375708275 448 <![CDATA[Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661m/239186.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661s/239186.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239186.Isaac_s_Storm_A_Man_a_Time_and_the_Deadliest_Hurricane_in_History 3.92 2253
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. Riveting, powerful, and unbearably suspenseful, Isaac's Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the great uncontrollable force of nature.]]> 1999 4 0 false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 14:46:36 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 15:01:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 61251087 2413336 239186 0375708278 9780375708275 448 <![CDATA[Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661m/239186.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661s/239186.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239186.Isaac_s_Storm_A_Man_a_Time_and_the_Deadliest_Hurricane_in_History 3.92 2253
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. Riveting, powerful, and unbearably suspenseful, Isaac's Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the great uncontrollable force of nature.]]> 1999 4 0 false Fri Jun 26 20:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 20:00:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 58247719 2353581 239186 0375708278 9780375708275 448 <![CDATA[Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661m/239186.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661s/239186.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239186.Isaac_s_Storm_A_Man_a_Time_and_the_Deadliest_Hurricane_in_History 3.92 2253
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. Riveting, powerful, and unbearably suspenseful, Isaac's Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the great uncontrollable force of nature.]]> 1999 5 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Jun 02 18:55:58 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 19:06:08 -0700 2009
Without going off on a tangent about the others, this book is able to waver back and forth between Isaac and everything else in such a way that they all stay important. No part gets short shrift, and it's a solid accounting of...more...]]> 36864774 1682502 239186 0375708278 9780375708275 448 <![CDATA[Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661m/239186.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661s/239186.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239186.Isaac_s_Storm_A_Man_a_Time_and_the_Deadliest_Hurricane_in_History 3.92 2253
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. Riveting, powerful, and unbearably suspenseful, Isaac's Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the great uncontrollable force of nature.]]> 1999 0 1 false Mon Nov 03 18:48:01 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 20 07:17:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 65902287 837477 239186 0375708278 9780375708275 448 <![CDATA[Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661m/239186.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661s/239186.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239186.Isaac_s_Storm_A_Man_a_Time_and_the_Deadliest_Hurricane_in_History 3.92 2253
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. Riveting, powerful, and unbearably suspenseful, Isaac's Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the great uncontrollable force of nature.]]> 1999 3 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 14:43:26 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 14:48:17 -0700 2009
I think the more accurate rating for this book would've been 2 1/2 stars. Didn't really like or dislik...more...]]> 76406867 356012 239186 0375708278 9780375708275 448 <![CDATA[Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661m/239186.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661s/239186.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239186.Isaac_s_Storm_A_Man_a_Time_and_the_Deadliest_Hurricane_in_History 3.92 2253
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. Riveting, powerful, and unbearably suspenseful, Isaac's Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the great uncontrollable force of nature.]]> 1999 4 1 false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 16:57:55 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 12:25:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 78376210 1690005 239186 0375708278 9780375708275 448 <![CDATA[Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661m/239186.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661s/239186.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239186.Isaac_s_Storm_A_Man_a_Time_and_the_Deadliest_Hurricane_in_History 3.92 2253
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. Riveting, powerful, and unbearably suspenseful, Isaac's Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the great uncontrollable force of nature.]]> 1999 5 0 false Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 18:13:55 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 15:34:32 -0800 2009 Cline is an employee of the U.S. Weather Bureau and a pioneer in early atmospheric study. The year 1900 is an odd one for hot temperatures and unusual natural occurrences from Africa to Cuba and ...more...]]> 51552907 1534774 239186 0375708278 9780375708275 448 <![CDATA[Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661m/239186.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661s/239186.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239186.Isaac_s_Storm_A_Man_a_Time_and_the_Deadliest_Hurricane_in_History 3.92 2253
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. Riveting, powerful, and unbearably suspenseful, Isaac's Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the great uncontrollable force of nature.]]> 1999 4 0 false Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 23:34:34 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 10:56:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 78094010 1213453 239186 0375708278 9780375708275 448 <![CDATA[Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661m/239186.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661s/239186.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239186.Isaac_s_Storm_A_Man_a_Time_and_the_Deadliest_Hurricane_in_History 3.92 2253
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. Riveting, powerful, and unbearably suspenseful, Isaac's Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the great uncontrollable force of nature.]]> 1999 4 0 false Sat Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 10:54:51 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 18:04:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 79216430 67523 239186 0375708278 9780375708275 448 <![CDATA[Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661m/239186.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661s/239186.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239186.Isaac_s_Storm_A_Man_a_Time_and_the_Deadliest_Hurricane_in_History 3.92 2253
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. Riveting, powerful, and unbearably suspenseful, Isaac's Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the great uncontrollable force of nature.]]> 1999 4 0 true Sat Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 12:48:24 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 12:51:53 -0800 2009 1
Also, I think it's an important duty for us as read...more...]]> 47697032 1363077 239186 0375708278 9780375708275 448 <![CDATA[Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661m/239186.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661s/239186.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239186.Isaac_s_Storm_A_Man_a_Time_and_the_Deadliest_Hurricane_in_History 3.92 2253
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. Riveting, powerful, and unbearably suspenseful, Isaac's Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the great uncontrollable force of nature.]]> 1999 3 0 false Fri Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 10:37:47 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 10:43:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4698366 274929 239186 0375708278 9780375708275 448 <![CDATA[Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661m/239186.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661s/239186.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239186.Isaac_s_Storm_A_Man_a_Time_and_the_Deadliest_Hurricane_in_History 3.92 2253
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. Riveting, powerful, and unbearably suspenseful, Isaac's Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the great uncontrollable force of nature.]]> 1999 5 1 false Fri Aug 17 10:46:15 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 05:41:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 53520710 626288 239186 0375708278 9780375708275 448 <![CDATA[Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661m/239186.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661s/239186.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239186.Isaac_s_Storm_A_Man_a_Time_and_the_Deadliest_Hurricane_in_History 3.92 2253
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. Riveting, powerful, and unbearably suspenseful, Isaac's Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the great uncontrollable force of nature.]]> 1999 3 0 false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 17:04:28 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 09:48:41 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 55198790 2159381 239186 0375708278 9780375708275 448 <![CDATA[Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661m/239186.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661s/239186.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239186.Isaac_s_Storm_A_Man_a_Time_and_the_Deadliest_Hurricane_in_History 3.92 2253
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. Riveting, powerful, and unbearably suspenseful, Isaac's Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the great uncontrollable force of nature.]]> 1999 5 0 false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed May 06 17:32:37 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 17:38:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 40046024 153236 239186 0375708278 9780375708275 448 <![CDATA[Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661m/239186.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173024661s/239186.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239186.Isaac_s_Storm_A_Man_a_Time_and_the_Deadliest_Hurricane_in_History 3.92 2253
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. Riveting, powerful, and unbearably suspenseful, Isaac's Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the great uncontrollable force of nature.]]> 1999 4 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 19:40:09 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 19:44:52 -0800 2008 more...]]> 79685613 1455178 40068 0756765862 9780756765866 8 <![CDATA[Isaac's Storm: The Drowning of Galveston, 8 September 1900]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40068.Isaac_s_Storm_The_Drowning_of_Galveston_8_September_1900 3.84 75 In Isaac's Storm, Erik Larson blends science and history to tell the story of Galveston, its people, and the hurricane that devastated them. Drawing on hundreds of personal reminiscences of the storm, Larson follows individuals through the fateful day and the storm's aftermath. There's Louisa Rollfing, who begged her husband, August, not to go into town the morning of the storm; the Ursuline Sisters at St. Mary's orphanage who tied their charges to lengths of clothesline to keep them together; Judson Palmer, who huddled in his bathroom with his family and neighbors, hoping to ride out the storm. At the center of it all is Isaac Cline, employee of the nascent Weather Bureau, and his younger brother--and rival weatherman--Joseph. Larson does an excellent job of piecing together Isaac's life and reveals that Isaac was not the quick-thinking hero he claimed to be after the storm ended. The storm itself, however, is the book's true protagonist--and Larson describes its nuances in horrific detail.

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The setup of the tale and the foreknowledge of the weather man (Issac Cline) as to what was coming lends to the dread that is to come as the storm suddenly rolls in to Galveston Island. After ...more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1468109