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Author Larson, Erik, 1954-

Title Thunderstruck / Erik Larson.

Publication Info. New York : Crown Publishers, [2006]
©2006

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  364.1523 LARSON    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  364.1523 LARSON    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  364.1523 LAR    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  364.1523 LAR    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  364.152309041 LARSON    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  364.1523 L329 c.2  Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  364.152 LAR    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  364.1523 LARSON    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  364.152 LARSON, ERIK    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  364.152 LAR    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description ix, 463 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Note Maps on lining papers.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 400-443) and index.
Contents The mysterious passengers -- Ghosts and gunfire -- Betrayal -- Secrets -- An inspector calls -- The finest time -- Pursuit by thunder -- Epilogue: into the ether -- Coda : voyager.
Summary A portrait of the Edwardian era recounts two parallel stories--the case of Dr. Hawley Crippen, who murdered his wife and fled to America, and Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of wireless communication--as the new technology is used to capture a killer.
Subject Marconi, Guglielmo, 1874-1937.
Crippen, Hawley Harvey, 1862-1910.
Murderers -- England -- London -- Biography.
Murder -- England -- London -- Case studies.
Murder -- Investigation -- Great Britain -- Case studies.
Telegraph, Wireless -- Marconi system -- History.
Inventors -- Italy -- Biography.
ISBN 1400080665
9781400080670 (paperback)
Standard No. 9781400080663
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