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May 10, 2011 · “Larson is a marvelous writer...superb at creating characters with a few short strokes.”— New York Times Book Review Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in his new book, the bestselling author of Devil in the White City turns his hand to a remarkable story set during Hitler’s rise to power.
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Eric Larson was an American animator for Walt Disney Animation Studios starting in 1933 and was one of the "Disney's Nine Old Men". He worked on films, such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Bambi, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Sword in the Stone, and The Jungle Book. In 1973, he began ...
Apr 28, 2024 · The author of bestsellers like "The Devil in the White City" and "The Splendid and the Vile," Larson became fascinated with the buildup to the conflict. The mood in Charleston, he said, was a city ...
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Erik Larson is the author of six previous national bestsellers—The Splendid and the Vile, Dead Wake, In the Garden of Beasts, Thunderstruck, The Devil in the White City, and Isaac’s Storm—which have collectively sold more than twelve million copies.
Apr 15, 2020 · A conversation with 'Devil in the White City' author Erik Larson about his strangely comforting new book, 'The Splendid and the Vile,' a story of survival and leadership in wartime England. By ...
Oct 18, 2023 · NEW YORK (AP) — The next book by Erik Larson, widely known for the best-selling “The Devil in the White City,” is a work of Civil War history inspired in part by current events.
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. In his first big hit, “Isaac’s Storm: A ...
