I have read several of his books and can’t wait to read his others.

You can tell that he takes his time doing his research. Erik Lason is one of my favorite nonfiction history writers. Full of glamour and suspense, Dead Wake brings to life a cast of evocative characters, from famed Boston bookseller Charles Lauriat. Once I got about fifty pages into the book I could not put it down. It is a story that many of us think we know but don’t, and Erik Larson tells it thrillingly, switching between hunter and hunted while painting a larger portrait of America at the height of the Progressive Era. Erik Laron does a great job weaving in facts about President Wilson, Winston Churchill, and more into the story. OPINION: DEAD WAKE: THE LAST CROSSING OF THE LUSITANIA By Erik Larson Crown, 28, 428 pages A lawyer friend of mine routinely asks a question when preparing the defense of white-collar. The sinking of the Lusitania changed WWI and how Americans viewed it. You follow the stories of the wealthy Americans and Europeans who were on the Lusitania, along with the crew and people that worked both on the Lusitania and the U-boat that torpedoed it.

Instead, a German U-boat torpedoed the Lusitania, killing over one thousand people.Įrik Larson makes the story come alive. The passengers and crew set sail expecting to be at sea for just a few days. At the time Germany had declared the waters around Britain a warzone. Editorial Reviews Factual and personal to a high degree, the narrative reads like a grade-A thriller. In May of 1915, the Lusitania, a luxury ocean liner, set sail from New York to Liverpool. Gripping and important, Dead Wake captures the sheer drama and emotional power of a disaster whose intimate details and true meaning have long been obscured by history. Dead Wake by Erik Larson was p ublished in 2015.

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