re: #225 doppelganglander

Anything by Simon Winchester is highly recommended. If you’re into geology, “A Crack in the Edge of the World,” about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, is superb. He’s also written two fabulous books about the making of the Oxford English Dictionary: “The Professor and the Madman” and “The Meaning of Everything.”

Another one Winchester fans might like is “Isaac’s Storm” by Erik Larson, about the Galveston hurricane in 1900. Very salient to our discussion about monitoring natural phenomena to predict and prevent disasters.

O.T.
Also a very good read by Larson is The Devil in the White City about the 1893 Grand Colombian Exposition and serial killer H.H. Homes. Its a true classic and well worth the read if you have an interest in Chicago history.