Isaacs Storm, Erik Larson
Isaacs Storm, Erik Larson
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Isaac's Storm
A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

Author: Erik Larson

Narrator: Richard Davidson

Unabridged: 9 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/20/2006

Synopsis

Erik Larson is a regular contributor to national magazines including Time, The Atlantic, and Harpers. Filled with images as powerful as the hurricane it describes, Isaacs Storm immediately swept onto best-seller lists across the country. In 1900, Isaac Monroe Cline was in charge of the Galveston station of the U.S. Weather Bureau. He was a knowledgeable, seasoned weatherman who considered himself a scientist. When he heard the deep thudding of waves on Galvestons beach in the early morning of September 8th, however, Cline refused to be alarmed. The city had been hit by bad weather before. But by the time this storm had moved across Galveston, at least 6,000probably closer to 10,000people were dead, and Cline would never look at hurricanes the same way again. Based on a wealth of primary sources, Erik Larsons unforgettable work will haunt you long after the final sentence. Narrator Richard M. Davidson infuses each chapter with added intensity.

About Erik Larson

American born author, Erik Larson, grew up on Long Island and developed an interest in journalistic writing after seeing the movie "All the President's Men". He earned a degree in Russian history from the University of Pennsylvania, graduating summa cum laudee, then a post graduate degree in journalism from Columbia University in 1978.

Larson has written eight books, with six of them having been included on the New York Times Bestseller list. The latest books are: The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family and Defiance During the Blitz; Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania; The Devil in the White City (which is being adapted for a mini series produced by Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio for hulu); In the Garden of Beasts (Optioned by Tom Hanks); and Isaac's Storm.

Larson lives in Manhattan with his wife, a neonatologist, who has written a book of her own titled, Almost Home. Her husband says it could "make a stone cry". They have three daughters in various professions and live in different locations. They also have the ashes of their beloved dog Molly on a shelf overlooking Central Park.

Reviews

Goodreads review by karen on March 23, 2019

erik larson is the darling of the narrative nonfiction world, and while this is the first of his books i have read, i’ve long appreciated his commitment to cover-consistency: and then there’s this one, breaking up the visual flow: written in 1999, this is one of his first, and i can only assume that,......more

Goodreads review by Nathan on September 17, 2007

Ever want to read a nonfiction tragedy about a presumptive meteorologist? Exactly. Still, Isaac's Storm is an engaging cautionary tale, and one with a bit of relevance for America today. In fact the book is almost foreshadowing in that it was published just a couple of years before Hurricane Katrina......more

Goodreads review by Paul on January 08, 2025

I find it difficult even to comprehend the scale of the Galveston hurricane of 1900. So much devastation, so many lives lost (the estimates seem to run from 6,000 to as high as 12,000) -- it is hard to wrap one's mind around, and probably not a healthy thing to spend too much time contemplating. Yet......more

Goodreads review by Joe on January 18, 2024

As a kid I often heard my Dad playing Glen Campbell's song 'Galveston' on our hi-fi, so I couldn't help thinking about it as I read ISAAC'S STORM. In 1900 Galveston was hit by a hurricane. Politics and inter-service rivalry had a hand in causing the death of some 6,000 to maybe 10,000 people, making......more

Goodreads review by Michael on June 27, 2018

Erik Larson has the mind of a dedicated historian and the heart of a yarn-spinning storyteller. ISSAC'S STORM was everything I had hoped it would be, both scrupulously detailed and as enthralling as any Hollywood disaster blockbuster. It should come as no surprise really, as Larson has demonstrated......more

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