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At first glance, the story of the Lusitania doesn't seem like the sort of thing I would take on. I usually like ideas that are a little bit more complex, things that people don't know about - or maybe they once did, but now you bring it to life for them for the first time.

~Erik Larson

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It's essentially taught in high school and college survey courses as an item on a timeline: 'The Lusitania was sunk; the U.S. gets into World War I'.

~Erik Larson

Topics: College Courses Essentially Gets High High School High School And College Item School Sunk Survey Taught Timeline War World World War World War I

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The Lusitania is important, of course, because this is where Germany began its maritime campaign using this brand-new weapon. We have to appreciate how the submarine, as a weapon against civilian shipping, was a particularly novel thing - so novel that many people at the time dismissed its potential power, its potential relevance.

~Erik Larson

Topics: Against Appreciate Because Began Brand-New Campaign Civilian Course Dismissed Germany How Important Many Maritime Novel Particularly People Potential Power Relevance Shipping Submarine Thing Time Using Weapon Where

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As a writer, you always try to imagine, 'What if I were in a situation like this? How would I react?'

~Erik Larson

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I'm an early riser, for one thing. This started back when our kids were small. My wife and I would get up at 4 A.M. so that we could have a couple of peaceful hours before they woke up. That pattern has continued. I get up, make coffee, and while it's brewing, I do 50 sit-ups.

~Erik Larson

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Since I loathe the tedium of gym workouts, I take breaks for tennis with my eclectic group of tennis pals.

~Erik Larson

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I've met many Holocaust survivors who find the era infinitely compelling because they have this deep hunger to understand how it all could possibly have happened.

~Erik Larson

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My office is tiny. I think most people would be shocked if they came to my home and saw it. It is, in fact, the former makeup room of a gorgeous local TV newscaster. I keep a neat desk. Clutter makes me anxious.

~Erik Larson

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What drove me to do 'Dead Wake' was that after doing the most preliminary of reading and scoping out what kinds of materials might be available in archives and so forth, I realized that this book - the research, the writing - would present me with a rare opportunity to explore to a full extent the potential for suspense in a nonfiction work.

~Erik Larson

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My goal is to produce as rich and historical an experience for the reader as I possibly can, to the point where when somebody finishes reading the book, he or she emerges from it with a sense of having lived in the past.

~Erik Larson

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: January 3rd, 1954

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