The reader will learn that a dead wake is the wake a torpedo leaves behind as it speeds toward its target. On May 1, 1915, a torpedo fired from a German U-boat captained by Walther Schwieger, found its target, a passenger ship, the Lusitania. Innocent citizens were condemned to death for nothing mor...
A wonderfully written and well-researched history of the Columbian Expo in Chicago. It simultaneously details the construction of the fair along with the evil exploits of a serial killer. I learned a lot about historic Chicago, which is where I was born and resided as a boy. I'll take with me the vi...
Wow, I didn't know a lot about the sinking of the Lusitania other than it was sunk by a German U-boat. But, I learned so much about this sinking from this book and it all did necessarily deal with the sinking itself. And I learned why it took America almost 2 years to join the war after hundreds of ...
Larson writes wonderful narrative non fiction, and in this book he has surpassed his own self. The amount of research that went into this book is staggering. It doesn't just cover the bombing of the Lusitania, it covers everything going once at the time and more. What it is like inside a submarine, ...
After listening to Larson's Devil in the White City (and rereading it in fits and starts in book form), I put all of his audiobooks on my list. As much as I'm enjoying access to notes with the books, I find I enjoy the text read more than reading it myself. Another aspect of Larson's work I love i...
Amazing non-fiction book. There aren't enough words to describe how good this book is, you have to check it out for yourself.I am super excited to see Leonardo Dicaprio and Martin Scorcese take this book to the silver screen. I hope they do Erik Larson's work justice.
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson is the history of the Lusitania brought to life from many different perspectives and at a truly human level. The details are meticulously researched, and the book successfully creates the sense of suspense present in a story well told. The...
There are some authors who, despite your best intentions, seem to linger upon the to-be-read shelf forever. For me, Erik Larson is one of those authors - I've had a trade paperback edition of The Devil in the White City sitting on that fateful shelf for far too many years now. When I came across the...
Hey, kids. I'm waaay behind in my reviews, as well as in keeping up with all of your reviews and my favorite blogs and websites. But I'm catching up slowly. Here's a two-fer-one. Talk about extreme malpractice. Herman Webster Mudgett, a.k.a. Dr. Henry Howard Holmes, earned his medical degree in 188...
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