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Welcome to the WBZ book Club.
I'm Jordan Rich. Many of us love

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the work of Eric Larson, so
many great books, including one called Thunderstruck

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in the mid two thousands, which, like many Larson books, involves an

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interwoven plot line stories of two individuals, one a meek and mild and beloved

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doctor who turns out to be a
murderer, and the second Guglielmo Marconi,

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who created what you're listening to right
now radio in an era and very few

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had faith that his invention would work. The story of mighty empires building the

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biggest, fastest ocean liners they could, about scientific advances amidst the super popularity

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of the spiritualist movement. While Marconi's
developing his wireless other scientists are holding seances.

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What does Marconi ultimately have to do
with the killer? While without the

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invention and application of the wireless telegraph, the killer doctor Crimmins might have gotten

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away with it. It's another first
rate historical narrative by Eric Larson, Thunderstruck.

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And that's the book Club. WBZ, Boston's news radio