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The telephone call that forever changed the lives of the Dodd family of Chicago came at noon on Thursday, June 8, 1933, as William E. Dodd sat at his desk at the University of Chicago.

~Erik Larson

Topics: Call Came Changed Chicago Desk Family Forever His June Lives Noon Sat Telephone Thursday University William

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With my research, I really need absolute confirmation of what actually happened, direct physical connections to the past.

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Topics: Absolute Actually Confirmation Connections Direct Happened Need Past Physical Really Research

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The sinking of the Lusitania wasn't the proximal cause for the U.S. entering WWI. It was almost two years between the sinking and the war declaration, and President Wilson's request for war never mentions the Lusitania.

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Topics: Almost Between Cause Declaration Entering Never President Request Sinking Two War Wilson Years

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It was a civilian ship, and the Lusitania could outrun any submarine. So this population of people was very confident that Cunard and the Royal Navy would be looking after them. Why weren't they under convoy? That's the real question.

~Erik Larson

Topics: After Any Civilian Confident Could Looking Navy People Population Question Real Royal Ship Submarine Them Very Were Why Would

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I find diplomatic histories the dullest of histories.

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Topics: Diplomatic Find Histories

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How you frame a debate is very important. When you call someone an 'illegal alien,' you've already stacked the deck against them.

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Topics: Against Alien Call Debate Deck Frame How Illegal Important Someone Stacked Them Very You

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The Nazis hijacked the Jewish thing early on by defining it as 'the Jewish problem' and started looking for a solution. These are not just words.

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Topics: Defining Early Hijacked Jewish Just Looking Problem Solution Started Thing Words

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I'm open to writing just about anything. I love writing the books that I write. They do tend to be on dark subjects, but I don't think of myself necessarily as a dark-humored person. I like having a lot of fun.

~Erik Larson

Topics: About Anything Books Dark Fun Having Just Like Lot Love Myself Necessarily Open Person Subjects Tend Think Write Writing I Love I Write

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I think, one day, I might actually try writing a bunch of - a collection of essays maybe on the funnier side of the spectrum. I don't know. But it's fun to have, frankly, Twitter as kind of an outlet. When you're writing about dark things all day, it's kind of fun to have fun.

~Erik Larson

Topics: About Actually All Day Bunch Collection Dark Day Essays Frankly Fun Funnier Have Fun Kind Know Maybe Might One Day Outlet Side Spectrum Things Think Try Twitter Writing You I Think

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I had a nice part at big newspapers, small newspapers, and then I went to a very big newspaper - 'The Wall Street Journal.' I wrote longer pieces, and I got tired of working so hard on stories that had a shelf life of essentially one day. So then I started working on longer magazine pieces and realized then that you might as well be writing a book.

~Erik Larson

Topics: Big Book Day Essentially Got Had Hard Journal Life Longer Magazine Might Newspaper Newspapers Nice One Day Part Pieces Realized Shelf Shelf Life Small Started Stories Street Then Tired Very Wall Wall Street Well Working Writing Wrote You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: January 3rd, 1954

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