Author | Erik Larson |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | 2000 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
Pages | 316 |
ISBN | 0-609-60233-0 |
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. The book follows the events immediately preceding, during, and after the 1900 Galveston hurricane.
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.[1]