Non-Fiction

virgogal

(10,178 posts) Tue Mar 17, 2015, 07:21 PM Mar 2015

I just finished "Dead Wake"--Erik Larson

Terrific---and just in time for the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania-May 7,1915.

So many things,if done correctly,could have prevented this disaster.

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I just finished "Dead Wake"--Erik Larson (Original Post) virgogal Mar 2015 OP

I have it on reserve at my library. SheilaT Mar 2015 #1

I've read all of his books but have never seen him. I'm jealous. virgogal Mar 2015 #2

Same here. Waiting for the reserve. n/t FSogol Mar 2015 #3

I am currently 37 of 53 holds, and there are three copies SheilaT Mar 2015 #4

I'm #48, but they have 8 copies. FSogol Mar 2015 #5

Listened to the audiobook matt819 Jun 2015 #6

Loved it! BdAzzSRT Aug 2015 #7

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)

1. I have it on reserve at my library.

Reply to virgogal (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2015, 12:28 AM

Mar 2015

Erik Larson is one of my favorite writers, and I've had the wonderful experience of seeing him at book events, one for "Isaac's Storm" -- amazing book and if you haven't read it yet add it to your reading pile immediately -- and "The Devil in the White City".

He is wonderful on book tour. Go see him if you can.

virgogal

(10,178 posts)

2. I've read all of his books but have never seen him. I'm jealous.

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 19, 2015, 05:30 PM

Mar 2015

FSogol

(46,576 posts)

3. Same here. Waiting for the reserve. n/t

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 27, 2015, 02:01 PM

Mar 2015

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)

4. I am currently 37 of 53 holds, and there are three copies

Reply to FSogol (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 28, 2015, 01:15 AM

Mar 2015

being processed (one for each of the three branches of the Santa Fe library) with an additional seven copies now ordered.

It'll be a while before I get it.

FSogol

(46,576 posts)

5. I'm #48, but they have 8 copies.

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 28, 2015, 09:35 AM

Mar 2015

Fairfax County Library.

matt819

(10,749 posts)

6. Listened to the audiobook

Reply to virgogal (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2015, 09:48 AM

Jun 2015

Agreed. Excellent book.

Looks like it might have been an early version of LIHOP (Let it happen on purpose for those who were not here for the 9/11 arguments a decade or more ago) in order to induce the US to enter the war.

Not quite All Quiet on the Western Front, but in my view it's as much an anti-war book as the story of the ship and its captain and passenger. I was struck, though not terribly surprised, of the absence of stories of those in steerage.

Definitely worth a read.

BdAzzSRT

(14 posts)

7. Loved it!

Reply to virgogal (Original post)

Wed Aug 26, 2015, 12:42 PM

Aug 2015

In addition to the historical /political aspect he did a great job of making passengers into people you cared about ( or didn't in some cases ).

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