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The rest of my book club disagrees with me, because they all were more impressed with this than I am. Erik Larson is a skilled writer that brings history to life. I won't disagree with that. I loved Devil in the White City, and if people like Larsen wrote my AP History book in high school, I most definitely would have remembered more details of American history! I just felt that the incident itself was stretched out too long degree to make up a 300+ page book. The end makes this book, but it tak
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Erik Larson's books always keep me intrigued. I read reviews where some wish he would include less detail which befuddles me - I can't get enough of the descriptions of individual passengers' back stories and other concurrent historical events. He also includes a few key players' life after the tragedy. I can only imagine how much time it must take to compile this chronology, which encompasses so much more than just the 7 days in May 1915 crossing the Atlantic.
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