Parchment Book Group: Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson
Schedule
Mon Nov 10 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Parchment Community Library | Kalamazoo, MI
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The Parchment Book Group meets Monday, November 10 at 6:00 pm.Our featured book for November: Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson (non-fiction)
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Join us for an hour of discussion of the featured book. Share your thoughts, share a quote or two from the book, and rate the book from 1-10.
New guests are always warmly welcomed! 🙂
Let us know if you need to borrow a copy of the book!
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About the Book:
The riveting true story of the Galveston hurricane of 1900, still the deadliest natural disaster in American history—from the acclaimed author of The Devil in the White City
“A gripping account ... fascinating to its core, and all the more compelling for being true.” —The New York Times Book Review
September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resident meteorologist for the U.S. Weather Bureau failed to grasp the true meaning of the strange deep-sea swells and peculiar winds that greeted the city that morning. Mere hours later, Galveston found itself submerged in a monster hurricane that completely destroyed the town and killed over six thousand people—and Isaac Cline found himself the victim of a devastating personal tragedy.
Using Cline's own telegrams, letters, and reports, the testimony of scores of survivors, and our latest understanding of the science of hurricanes, Erik Larson builds a chronicle of one man's heroic struggle and fatal miscalculation in the face of a storm of unimaginable magnitude.
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Looking Ahead:
December 8: The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer
January 12: Miss Morgan’s Book Brigade by Janet Charles
February 9: Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant by Curtis Chin ~ the Great Michigan Read Selection
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Parchment Community Library, 401 S Riverview Dr, Kalamazoo, MI 49004-1200, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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