@article{467149,
      recid = {467149},
      author = {Larson, Erik,},
      title = {Thunderstruck /},
      publisher = {Crown Publishers,},
      address = {New York :},
      pages = {ix, 463 p. :},
      year = {2006},
      note = {Maps on lining papers.},
      abstract = {Tells the interwoven stories of two men--Hawley Crippen, a  very unlikely murderer, and Guglielmo Marconi, the  obsessive creator of a seemingly supernatural means of  communication--whose lives intersect during one of the  greatest criminal chases of all time. Set in Edwardian  London, an era of séances, science, and fog, and on the  stormy coasts of Cornwall, Cape Cod, and Nova Scotia,  Thunderstruck evokes the dynamism of those years when great  shipping companies competed to build the biggest, fastest  ocean liners, scientific advances dazzled the public with  visions of a world transformed, and the rich outdid one  another with ostentatious displays of wealth. Against this  background, Marconi races against incredible odds and  relentless skepticism to perfect his invention: the  wireless, a prime catalyst for the emergence of the world  we know today. Meanwhile, Crippen, "the kindest of men,"  nearly commits the perfect crime.--From publisher  description.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/467149},
}