Isaac's Storm : The Drowning of Galveston 8 September 1900
de Larson, Erik
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- 1841152811
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- 9781841152813
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Fourth Estate, London, 1999. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Maps. notes, sources, acknowledgements and index. At the beginning of the text there are two maps  one showing the route of the hurricane and a two-page map showing Galveston in 1900, and overlaying that the extent of the devastation. Photographic card cover with orange and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. On September 8th 1900 a hurricane ploughed into the unprepared port of Galveston, Texas, with a loss of life between 6,000 to 10,000 people. The US Weather Bureau had one of its most dependable meteorologists at the Galveston Station, Isaac Cline, who along with the weather bureau, believed that man's ingenuity had tamed nature and that there was nothing to fear. but, "... Fatally, Cline failed to read the signs until it was too late. By then, the bathhouses on the sea-front were being crushed by rolling breakers, children were playing unawares in the rising water, the railway line was underwater and ships in the Bay were fighting for their lives." -- from rear panel blurb. clean copy, no damage to describe, no annotations. Size: Trade Paperback. 385, [3] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Maps. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Weather / Hurricane; United States; 1900-1920; Science & Technology. ISBN: 1841152811. ISBN/EAN: 9781841152813. Inventory No: 0271375. . 9781841152813
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Erik Larson, a contributor to Time magazine, is the author of The Naked Consumer and Lethal Passage (Crown, 1994). His work has appeared in The Atlantic , Harper's , and other national magazines. He lives in Seattle.
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- Título
- Isaac's Storm : The Drowning of Galveston 8 September 1900
- Autor
- Larson, Erik
- Ilustrador
- Maps
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Softcover
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good Condition
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Reprint
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 1841152811
- ISBN 13
- 9781841152813
- Editorial
- Fourth Estate
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1999
- Palabras clave
- BZDB2 Isaac Cline, meteorologist, Galveston Texas, hurricane  8th September 1900, destruction Biography & Autobiography; Weather / Hurricane; United States; 1900-1920; Science & Technology. Maps Unbranded ISBN: 1841152811 EAN: 97818
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Categorías de este libro
- Países y culturas Norteamérica Estados Unidos Americana
- Países y culturas Norteamérica Estados Unidos Texas
- Historia Historia occidental
- Naturaleza Desastres naturales
- Tecnología científica
- Historia Historia occidental Historia de los Estados Unidos Historia de Texas Texas
- Biografías y ensayos Biografía y memorias