{"id":40802206836,"date":"2018-07-25T16:40:56","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T20:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/events\/event\/celebrated-author-erik-larson-to-speak-at-monmouth-university\/"},"modified":"2018-07-25T16:40:57","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T20:40:57","slug":"celebrated-author-erik-larson-to-speak-at-monmouth-university","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/events\/event\/celebrated-author-erik-larson-to-speak-at-monmouth-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrated Author Erik Larson To Speak at Monmouth University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrated author <strong>Erik Larson <\/strong>will speak at Monmouth University on Monday, March 28, 2016, from 7 &#8211; 8:30 p.m. in Pollak Theatre. This event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/07\/DeadWake.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Erik Larson has written five books that have appeared on the <em>New York Times<\/em>&#8216; bestseller list, including such critically acclaimed works as <em>In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler&#8217;s Berlin<\/em> and <em>The Devil in the White City<\/em>. Mr. Larson&#8217;s most recent book is  <em>Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania<\/em>, which deals with the implications of the sinking of the Lusitania by German torpedoes in May 1915 and will be the subject of his talk.<\/p>\n<p>This event is the inaugural lecture in the Department of History and Anthropology&#8217;s Charles Mayes World War I Lecture Series.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Larson&#8217;s talk at Monmouth University will be his first public appearance since the release of <em>Dead Wake<\/em> in paperback. His books will be on sale before and after his talk, and Mr. Larson will be available to sign books after his talk.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more about Mr. Larson and his body of work at: <a title=\"eriklarsonbooks.com\" href=\"http:\/\/eriklarsonbooks.com\" target=\"_blank\">eriklarsonbooks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information about this event, please contact Ken Campbell at <a title=\"Erik Larson Talk\" href=\"mailto:campbell@monmouth.edu?subject=Erik Larson Talk\">campbell@monmouth.edu<\/a> or Melissa Ziobro at <a title=\"Erik Larson Talk\" href=\"mailto:mziobro@monmouth.edu?subject=Erik Larson Talk\">mziobro@monmouth.edu<\/a> with any questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrated author Erik Larson will speak at Monmouth University on Monday, March 28, 2016, from 7 &#8211; 8:30 p.m. in Pollak Theatre. 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