HUSH Podcast #86 - Dead Wake
Julie Nelson thinks everyone should read Dead Wake: the last crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson.Listen in on the discussion in this episode of HUSH to see if hosts Thad Hartman and Lissa Staley agree.
In this new series of You Made Me Read It! episodes, each podcast guest challenges the hosts with a book recommendation and - hopefully - everyone discovers great new reads!
Download MP3 | Subscribe via iTunes | Subscribe via RSSThe last crossing of the Lusitania. It is a story that many of us think we know but don’t, and Erik Larson tells it thrillingly, switching between hunter and hunted while painting a larger portrait of America at the height of the Progressive Era. Full of glamour and suspense, Dead Wake brings to life a cast of evocative characters, from famed Boston bookseller Charles Lauriat to pioneering female architect Theodate Pope to President Woodrow Wilson, a man lost to grief, dreading the widening war but also captivated by the prospect of new love.
Show Notes - Dead Wake
- Check out Dead Wake: the last crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson from the library, or download the ebook or digital audiobook.
- Read Julie Nelson's book recommendations in her Lost in the Stacks blog.
- Preview the discussion topics with the questions about Dead Wake from ReadingGroupGuide.
- See how other readers reated to the book on Goodreads. Is this a 2 star or a 5 star book for you?
Add this to your reading list
Coming up in three weeks, on the next episode of You Made Me Read It! - Tara Dimick recommends Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg. Subscribe via iTunes or check back after March 22.
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