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9 lug 2020 · TACOMA — The body of a man believed to have shot to death two women Tacoma was found in the water near Vashon Island, police said. Erik Larson, who lived with the women is suspected of killing...
17 ott 2013 · A journalist turned narrative historian influenced by the brilliant crime novelist P.D. James and Truman Capote’s true-crime masterpiece, In Cold Blood, Larson has specialized in paradoxical true-life tales in which great leaps of technological innovation intersect with murder most gruesome.
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America is a 2003 historical non-fiction book by Erik Larson presented in a novelistic style. Set in Chicago during the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition , it tells the story of World’s Fair architect Daniel Burnham and of H. H. Holmes , a criminal ...
5 feb 2024 · Through meticulous research and survivor testimonies, Larson exposes the era’s limited science and Cline’s fatal misjudgment, culminating in the devastating tragedy that forever changed Galveston and serves as a stark reminder of human fragility against the fury of nature.
10 ago 2018 · In The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson recounts the true tale of the 1893 World’s Fair and a serial killer who set up a fake hotel next to it to lure unsuspecting fairgoers to their death.
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Initially starting out as a journalist, Larson went onto land himself a position at The Bucks County Courier Times in Levittown, Pennsylvania. It was here that he was to report on crime and nefarious ongoings within the local area, thus learning many of the tools of his trade as a writer in the true crime genre.
In "Thunderstruck" by Erik Larson, the author intertwines two seemingly unrelated stories to create a captivating narrative. Set in the early 20th century, the book delves into the invention of the wireless telegraph and a notorious murder case, seamlessly blending history, science, and true crime.
