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开 本: 32开纸 张: 胶版纸包 装: 平装是否套装: 否国际标准书号ISBN: 9780375708275
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National BestsellerSeptember 8, 1900, began innocently in
the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resident
meteorologist for the U.S. Weather Bureau failed to grasp the true
meaning of the strange deep-sea swells and peculiar winds that
greeted the city that morning. Mere hours later, Galveston found
itself submerged in a monster hurricane that completely destroyed
the town and killed over six thousand people in what remains the
greatest natural disaster in American history–and Isaac Cline
found himself the victim of a devestating personal g 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.
the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resident
meteorologist for the U.S. Weather Bureau failed to grasp the true
meaning of the strange deep-sea swells and peculiar winds that
greeted the city that morning. Mere hours later, Galveston found
itself submerged in a monster hurricane that completely destroyed
the town and killed over six thousand people in what remains the
greatest natural disaster in American history–and Isaac Cline
found himself the victim of a devestating personal g 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.
目 录
Atlantic Ocean Map
Galveston Map
The Beach: September 8, 1900
I: The Law of Storms
II: The Serpenat’s Coil
III: Spectacle
IV.. Cataclysm
V: Strange News
VI: Haunted
Notes
Sources
Index
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