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Isaac's Storm: The Drowning of Galveston
Isaac's Storm The Drowning of Galveston
Author: Erik Larson
On 8 September 1900, the deadlieset hurricane in American History ploughed into the unprepared port of Galveston, Texas. One-hundred-and-fifty mile an hour winds shredded clapboard houses with the force of dynamite. The sea followed, a solid wall of water twenty feet high. — The city's highest point was nine feet above sea level. Overnight be...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781841152813
ISBN-10: 1841152811
Publication Date: 1999
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Fourth Estate Limited
Book Type: Paperback
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