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Erik Larson is a regular contributor to countrywide magazines including Time, The Atlantic, and Harper's. Filled up with images as powerful as the hurricane it details, Isaac's Surprise immediately swept onto best owner lists across the country. In 1900, Isaac Monroe Cline was responsible for the Galveston train station of the US Weather Bureau. He was an educated, seasoned weatherman who considered himself a scientist. When he been told the deep thudding of waves on Galveston's beach in the first morning of September 8, however, Cline refused to be alarmed. The city had been hit by bad weather before. But by the time this storm had changed across Galveston, at least 6,000 - probably closer to 10,000 - people were deceased, and Cline could not look at hurricanes the same manner again. Based on a wealth of primary options, Erik Larson's unforgettable work will haunt you long following the final phrase. Narrator Richard M. Davidson infuses each section with added power.
