Erik Larson's latest history book examines the events leading up to the Civil War, and some of the people involved, concluding the conflagration was not inevitable.

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.

A group of small businesses that won an order finding President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs illegal urged a ...

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.

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 ...

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.

Only a master storyteller like Erik Larson could turn the five tumultuous months leading up to the Civil War into "The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and ...

Erik Larson’s new book The Demon of Unrest, published this year by Penguin Random House, contains critical lessons for the fight against Trump and the threat of dictatorship today.

Erik Larson: As soon as I read that letter, in which the writer expressed his anxiety about the deepening political division in America, I knew “demon of unrest" would be my title.

Through such brush strokes, Erik Larson brings the Civil War back to life. It’s a gripping history, one we’d do well not to repeat. Email Danny Heitman at [email protected].