Thunderstruck

courtesy of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Front endpaper:

Bacon’s 1902 Map of London © Old House Books (www.OldHouseBooks.co.uk).

Rear endpaper:

Map of the North Atlantic by Mapping Specialists, Ltd.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ERIK LARSON IS THE AUTHOR of The Devil in the White City, which won an Edgar Award for nonfiction, was a finalist for a National Book Award, and remained on the bestseller lists of the New York Times for well over two years. He also wrote the best-selling Isaac’s Storm, about a hurricane that destroyed Galveston, Texas, in 1900. He has written for a variety of national magazines and is a former staff writer for the Wall Street Journal and Time magazine. He lives in Seattle with his wife and three daughters, and a golden retriever named Molly.

ALSO BY ERIK LARSON

The Devil in the White City

Isaac’s Storm

Lethal Passage

The Naked Consumer