![]() Dead Wake follows Larson’s successful script of painstaking research, extensive and absorbing detail, and, most of all, suspenseful storytelling. He tackled a serial killer at the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago in The Devil in the White City a catastrophic hurricane in Galveston in 1900 in Isaac’s Storm and, mostly recently, a chilling account of pre-World War II Nazi Germany with In the Garden of Beasts. Larson has written several bestsellers on eclectic topics over the past 15 years. Now we have Dead Wake, a dazzling account by noted narrative nonfiction writer Erik Larson. In addition to articles and survivors’ memoirs, at least a half-dozen books have been published since 2001 alone. ![]() Various milestones will be observed over the next three years, and May marks the 100th anniversary of the torpedoing and sinking of the luxury British passenger ship RMS Lusitania.Īlthough perhaps now a footnote story of the war before America’s entrance, the Lusitania has attracted considerable interest over the years. ![]() ![]() We are in the midst of the centennial commemoration of World War I, arguably the first total war and one that has had an enduring impact on our world. ![]()
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