Books
September, 1999
Stormy WeatherFrom Sebastian Junger's Perfect Storm to Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air, natural disasters are as big a hit on best-seller lists as they are at the box office. Next to capitalize on this trend is Isaac's Storm (Crown), author Erik Larson's name for the ferocious hurricane that surprised Galveston on September 8, 1900 and killed more than 8000 people. A century later, the storm remains the deadliest in U.S. history. In this meticulously researched book, Larson seeks a cause for the ca...
