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But things were changing. Everywhere one looked the boundary between the moral and the wicked seemed to be degrading. Elizabeth Cady Stanton argued in favor of divorce. Clarence Darrow advocated free...

Erik Larson

But things were changing. Everywhere one looked the boundary between the moral and the wicked seemed to be degrading. Elizabeth Cady Stanton argued in favor of divorce. Clarence Darrow advocated free...

Marconi recognized that with no revenue and no contracts and in the face of persistent skepticism, he needed more than ever to capture an ally of prominence and credibility. Through Fleming, however,...

Erik Larson

Marconi recognized that with no revenue and no contracts and in the face of persistent skepticism, he needed more than ever to capture an ally of prominence and credibility. Through Fleming, however,...

About Author
Erik or Eric Larson may refer to:

Eric Larson (1905–1988), Disney animator
Erik Larson (author) (born 1954), American author
Erik Larson (figure skater), former American figure skater
Erik J. Larson, American computer scientist

One poll found that 41 percent of those contacted believed Jews had too much power in the United States; another found that one-fifth wanted to drive Jews out of the United States. (

Erik Larson

One poll found that 41 percent of those contacted believed Jews had too much power in the United States; another found that one-fifth wanted to drive Jews out of the United States. (

The absence of any protective measures may simply have been the result of a lapse of attention, with Churchill off in France and Fisher consumed by other matters and seemingly drifting toward madness....

Erik Larson

The absence of any protective measures may simply have been the result of a lapse of attention, with Churchill off in France and Fisher consumed by other matters and seemingly drifting toward madness....

In conclusion, he said, one may safely say that it would be no sin if statesmen learned enough of history to realize that no system which implies control of society by privilege seekers has ever ended...

Erik Larson

In conclusion, he said, one may safely say that it would be no sin if statesmen learned enough of history to realize that no system which implies control of society by privilege seekers has ever ended...

It is, she wrote, an unfortunate trait in the human character to assail or asperse others engaged in the performance of humanitarian acts.

Erik Larson

It is, she wrote, an unfortunate trait in the human character to assail or asperse others engaged in the performance of humanitarian acts.

Expected, well suited to Germany’s guerrilla

Erik Larson

Expected, well suited to Germany’s guerrilla

…I relied on an unpublished report by Jose Fernandez-Partagas, a late-twentieth-century meteorologist who recreated for the National Hurricane Center the tracks of many historical hurricanes, among th...

Erik Larson

…I relied on an unpublished report by Jose Fernandez-Partagas, a late-twentieth-century meteorologist who recreated for the National Hurricane Center the tracks of many historical hurricanes, among th...

Tags: galveston, hurricane, non fiction

Although her book did include compelling recipes for scrapple, ox cheek, and baked calf’s head and tips for the preparation of raccoon, possum, snipe, plovers, and blackbirds (for blackbird pie) and h...

Erik Larson

Although her book did include compelling recipes for scrapple, ox cheek, and baked calf’s head and tips for the preparation of raccoon, possum, snipe, plovers, and blackbirds (for blackbird pie) and h...

The hospital treated 11,602 patients, sixty-four a day, for injuries and ailments that suggest that the mundane sufferings of people have not changed very much over the ages. The list included: 820 ca...

Erik Larson

The hospital treated 11,602 patients, sixty-four a day, for injuries and ailments that suggest that the mundane sufferings of people have not changed very much over the ages. The list included: 820 ca...

In his path-breaking book The Mask of Sanity, Dr. Hervey Cleckley described the prototypical psychopath as a subtly constructed reflex machine which can mimic the human personality perfectly. … So per...

Erik Larson

In his path-breaking book The Mask of Sanity, Dr. Hervey Cleckley described the prototypical psychopath as a subtly constructed reflex machine which can mimic the human personality perfectly. … So per...

When the conversation turned to Germany’s persecution of Jews, Colonel House urged Dodd to do all he could to ameliorate Jewish sufferings but added a caveat: the Jews should not be allowed to dominat...

Erik Larson

When the conversation turned to Germany’s persecution of Jews, Colonel House urged Dodd to do all he could to ameliorate Jewish sufferings but added a caveat: the Jews should not be allowed to dominat...

In an analogy that would prove all too apt, Max Weber likened the city to a human being with his skin removed.

Erik Larson

In an analogy that would prove all too apt, Max Weber likened the city to a human being with his skin removed.

However strange or macabre some of the following incidents may seem, this is not a work of fiction.

Erik Larson

However strange or macabre some of the following incidents may seem, this is not a work of fiction.

To remain silent is out of the question for a strong and honest man.

Erik Larson

To remain silent is out of the question for a strong and honest man.

Using Holmes’s instructions, workmen in the employ of undertaker John J. O’Rourke filled a coffin with cement, then placed Holmes’s body inside and covered it with more cement. They hauled him south t...

Erik Larson

Using Holmes’s instructions, workmen in the employ of undertaker John J. O’Rourke filled a coffin with cement, then placed Holmes’s body inside and covered it with more cement. They hauled him south t...

Only Poe could have dreamed the rest.

Erik Larson

Only Poe could have dreamed the rest.

Later, a passenger reported seeing a woman giving birth in the water. The idea that this might have been his mother would haunt the boy for the rest of his life.

Erik Larson

Later, a passenger reported seeing a woman giving birth in the water. The idea that this might have been his mother would haunt the boy for the rest of his life.

Later, Dodd wrote a description of Hitler in his diary. He is romantic-minded and half-informed about great historical events and men in Germany. He had a semi-criminal record. He has definitely said...

Erik Larson

Later, Dodd wrote a description of Hitler in his diary. He is romantic-minded and half-informed about great historical events and men in Germany. He had a semi-criminal record. He has definitely said...

As a rule, I am very skeptical of tying books to anniversaries. I don't think readers care. I also feel that it just about guarantees that somebody else will be writing a book on the same subject, but...

Erik Larson

As a rule, I am very skeptical of tying books to anniversaries. I don't think readers care. I also feel that it just about guarantees that somebody else will be writing a book on the same subject, but...

Tags: today, i am, writing