Isaac's Storm Author:Erik Larson This is the story of Isaac Cline and his time in America, the last turning of the centuries, when the hubris of men led them to believe they could disregard even nature itself. — It was the deadliest storm ever to target America. Within the next twenty-four hours, eight thousand men, women and children in the city of Galveston, TX would lose the... more »ir lives. The city itself would lose its future. Isaac would suffer an unbearable loss. And he would wonder always if some of the blame did not belong to him.« less