Story of the 1900 Galveston HurricaneNathan C. Green One hundred years after the hurricane of 1900 devastated Galveston, Texas, it remains the most deadly natural disaster in United States history. Although many heeded the warnings of local weatherman Dr. Isaac Monroe Cline, numerous others did not. More than 6,000 souls perished. Shortly after the storm, author Nathan C. Green set out to share with the world The Story of the Galveston Hurricane. For those who had lost their lives, he would become their voice; for those who had somehow miraculously survived, he would become their chronicler. Offering both statistical accounts and several firsthand reports, Green paints a vivid, chilling portrait. Winds howled at more than 110 miles per hour. Floods covered the front desk of the Tremont Hotel, which sat on the highest point in Galveston. "Ghouls" pillaged the dead for their jewelry by amputating their fingers and ears and tossing them into burlap bags. Ultimately, the story of the Galveston Hurricane is one of perseverance and survival. Locally, nationally, and even internationally, people came together in a spirit of community, sympathy, and generosity to rebuild the city of Galveston, and, in the process, to reclaim their souls. When he compiled this harrowing retrospective in 1900, Nathan C. Green was one of the country's most noted newspaper correspondents. Green's other books include War with Spain, Story of Spain and Cuba, The Philippines, and Modern Warfare. |
