The oars were audible before the boat came into view, this despite a noisy wind that coarsened the waters of the bay. It was very late on a black night. The rain, according to one account, "fell in ...

The ferry ride to the middle of Charleston Harbor can be a journey back in time. In 1860, Fort Sumter, the federal sea fortress guarding Charleston, became a flash point in the tensions between North ...

In “The Demon of Unrest,” present-day political strife inspires a dramatic portrait of the run-up to the deadliest war on American soil. Maj. Robert Anderson in 1860.Credit...George S. Cook, via ...

So many books on the American Civil War have been published in the past 160 years that it’s been estimated they average out to at least one per day since the surrender at Appomattox. Still, they keep ...

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 period ...

Larson's book focuses on the historical events and figures of the time period, rather than drawing parallels to modern events. A film adaptation of Larson's "The Devil in the White City," potentially ...

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 Civil War in ...

THE DEMON OF UNREST. By Erik Larson. Crown. 592 pages. $35. An understanding of the stories behind momentous events often suffers from the consequences of those events, which is the case with the ...