A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
by
Erik Larson
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2011
At the dawn of the twentieth century, a great confidence suffused America. 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...