Sometimes I forget Infinite Monster is about people. When someone asks me to describe the book, I say it’s about Hurricane Ike and Galveston. That’s true but only partly. Infinite Monster is really about the people who faced down a devastating, life-changing natural disaster and lived to tell about it. It’s about the stories of [...]
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This one’s from Douglas Brinkley, the New York Times bestselling author of one of the most highly praised accounts of Hurricane Katrina. He’s also a professor at Rice University and a well-known historian. As part of our preparation for writing “Infinite Monster,” Rhiannon and I read several books on Katrina. “The Great Deluge” was one [...] After working on this project for almost 18 months, it’s so exciting to find out what other people really think of it. Or, as Rhiannon put it, to find out what non-family members think of it. You know, you just can’t trust your mom when she tells you your book is fantastic. She’s biased, after [...] The 1900 Storm shaped Galveston’s attitude toward storms, for better and for worse. Hurricane Ike only strengthened those responses. After surviving and eventually recovering from what is still the deadliest natural disaster in American history, Galvestonians felt a sort of invincibility to hurricanes. If the great, unnamed storm couldn’t destroy the island, nothing could. Islanders compared [...] On Thursday, Sept. 11, Rhiannon and I stayed with Daily News Photo Editor Jennifer Reynolds in her downtown loft. We planned to get up early on Friday to witness and report on the island’s final hours before Ike. We set our alarms for 7 a.m., but we never needed them. At 5:30 a.m., Jennifer got [...] The second chapter of “Forgotten” takes readers into the offices and conference rooms at city hall and the county courthouse as Galveston’s leaders made preparations for Hurricane Ike. The most important question they grappled with was if, and when, to call the evacuation. It was interesting to get the perspectives of Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas, [...] As I mentioned in my last post, we finished writing a little more than a week ago. Half the chapters went to the copy editors last week. The other half are on their way this week. And… drum roll please… we should have publishing news to share with you soon! While I’m waiting to get the [...] |
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