Bestselling author Erik Larson discusses his new Civil War book, "The Demon of Unrest," why he prefers "the dead" as sources, ...

Erik Larson was on the record years ago when he said he would never write a book on the Civil War. “Who needs the grief, right? There are so many Civil War buffs,” Larson had said.

Erik Larson, author of “The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky, recorded at Book Passage Bookstre on ...

Welcome to the Texas Canon, a series that dives into the movies, TV shows, books, albums and more that represent us and reach far beyond the Lone Star State's borders. Today, we look at Erik Larson's ...

And so... our notebook leftovers: When he first took the stage, Larson looked out into the crowd of 1,400+ and said, "This is very different from the reception for my ...

Welcome to the Texas Canon, a series that dives into the movies, TV shows, books, albums and more that represent us and reach far beyond the Lone Star State's borders. Today, we look at Erik Larson's ...

Historical comparisons are relevant. In Erik Larson’s essential book of 1930s Germany, “In the Garden of Beasts,” he chronicled a firsthand witness to the “gathering dark of (Adolf) Hitler’s rule” and ...

"In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin" by Erik Larson; Crown (464 pages, $26) Today it's hard to escape history in the making — anyone with a smartphone can ...