I am in the midst of reading a book that has a theme that has reminded me of some other books. It is the story of a storm that happened one September day 120 years ago, and of a city that to this day has never quite recovered from it. It is a story of the deadliest hurricane in history and how people in Galveston, TX reacted to it.
Galveston and Houston were in a rivalry as to who would become the primary seaport of Texas.
A hurricane determined the winner.
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