Before he wrote The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson authored another book called Isaac's Storm. It's about the history of meteorology and the U.S. Weather Bureau, for which agency a man named Isaac Cline worked, and a massive hurricane that struck Galveston in September of 1900, leveling the city and leaving 6,000 dead, the most destructive natural disaster that's ever occured in the United States. It's a gripping tale told skillfully, and if you've enjoyed any of Larson's other books you can't miss with this. Now on our book list.
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