Episode 132: Erik Larson
b'Erik Larson is the author of several books, including The Devil in the White City. His latest is Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania.\\n\\n"I realized then and there, that afternoon, the thing that was going to make this interesting was the juxtaposition of light and dark, good and evil. This monument of civic good will versus this monument to the dark side of human nature. ... But that was really hard to pull off. And, frankly, on the eve of publication I was pretty sure my career was over."\\n\\nThanks to TinyLetter, Wealthfront, andLove and Other Ways of Dying, the new collection from Michael Paterniti, for sponsoring this week\'s episode.\\xa0\\n\\nShow Notes:\\n@exlarson\\neriklarsonbooks.com\\n[1:00] Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Crown \\u2022 Mar 2015)\\n[1:00] Longform Podcast #93: Michael Paterniti\\n[1:00] "Eating Jack Hooker\'s Cow" (Michael Paterniti \\u2022 Esquire \\u2022 Nov 1997)\\n[4:00] Thunderstruck (Crown \\u2022 2004)\\n[22:00]\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'