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Erik Larson

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Erik Larson

Born January 3, 1954 · Brooklyn, New York, USA (age 72)

Erik Larson (born January 3, 1954) is an American journalist and author of mostly historical nonfiction books. His books include Isaac's Storm(1999), The Devil in the White City (2003), In the Garden of Beasts (2011), and Dead Wake (2015). The Devil in the White City won the 2004 Edgar Award in the Best Fact Crime category, among others.  Larson was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Freeport, Long …

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In the Garden of BeastsIn the Garden of Beasts
In the Garden of Beasts
Movie
A mild-mannered Chicago professor becomes America's first ambassador to Hitler's Germany just before the Nazis began to assert an iron grip across Europe.
Isaac's StormIsaac's Storm · 2004
Isaac's Storm
★ 6.02004
MovieHistoryDocumentary
The story of meteorology Isaac Cline and the 1900 hurricane that destroyed Galveston, Texas, killing 6,000 people. Based on the book by Erik Larson

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