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Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

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Review of ‘Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History’

It was Saturday, Sept. 8, 1900, and never had Buford T. Morris seen such a beautiful daybreak: The sky seemed to be made of mother of pearl; gloriously pink, yet containing a fish-scale effect which reflected all the colors of the rainbow. Within hours, however, this glorious first light in Galveston, Texas, would be transformed…

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