"The Demon of Unrest": Erik Larson on the first shots of the Civil War 06:27. The ferry ride to the middle of Charleston Harbor can be a journey back in time.

James Buchanan hands off the presidency to Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War looms in "The Demon of Unrest," the latest from "The Devil in the White City" author Erik Larson.

NEW YORK – The next book by Erik Larson, widely known for the best-selling “The Devil in the White City,” is a work of Civil War history inspired in part by current events.

Erik Larson’s “The Demon of Unrest” stands against this dynamic, providing a lively and detailed account of the ideas, people and events that precipitated the start of a national tragedy.

The full title of Erik Larson’s 2003 narrative nonfiction classic is The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America, and it manages to deliver all that ...

Jul. 12—TRAVERSE CITY — Best-selling author Erik Larson visited Traverse City on Thursday to discuss his latest historical thriller — "The Demon of Unrest" — about the dawn of disunion and ...

Maybe Erik Larson Should Have Left the Civil War Alone. In “The Demon of Unrest,” present-day political strife inspires a dramatic portrait of the run-up to the deadliest war on American soil.

The arrival of a new Erik Larson book is a genuine event, a feast of historical insight and narrative verve even when it focuses on a twice- or thrice-told tale. America’s secession winter, the ...

NEW YORK – The next book by Erik Larson, widely known for the best-selling “The Devil in the White City,” is a work of Civil War history inspired in part by current events.

NEW YORK (AP) — The next book by Erik Larson, widely known for the best-selling “The Devil in the White City,” is a work of Civil War history inspired in part by current events. Crown ...

The next book by Erik Larson, known for the best-selling “The Devil in the White City,” is a work of Civil War history inspired in part by current events.

NEW YORK (AP) — The next book by Erik Larson, widely known for the best-selling “The Devil in the White City,” is a work of Civil War history inspired in part by current events. Crown ...