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December 27, 2006
Thunderstruck
I just finished Thunderstruck, by Erik Larson (see also The Devil In The White City), which I received as a gift from the Beltz clan. It relates the stories of Marconi's qwest to achieve reliable trans-contintental wireless transmissions with the Crippen murder.
While not quite as grab-you-by-the-throat-and-won't-let-go as Devil in the White City, it was a great book. Had I not had the aforementioned prediscessor to compare it to, it would be the best work of non-fiction I'd read in years - possibly ever. As things stand, it's the second best work of non-fiction.
Highly recommended.
Posted by dberger at December 27, 2006 8:09 AM