Strong Sense of Place | Travel Through Books

LoLT: A Sneaky Socialite and Two New Books

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In this episode, we get excited about two new books — ‘The Only One Left’ by Riley Sager and ‘The Art Thief’ by Michael Finkel — then Dave shares the amazing story of the gilded age socialite Ida Wood.

LINKS

  • The Only One Left by Riley Sager.
  • Visit Riley Sager’s website and Instagram.
  • Riley talked about his book in this video from The Poisoned Pen bookshop.
  • Smithsonian magazine: Why 19th-Century Axe Murderer Lizzie Borden Was Found Not Guilty.
  • The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel.
  • Our podcast episode Maine: Lighthouses, Lobster Rolls, and the King of Horror.
  • The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel.
  • Smithsonian magazine on Ida Wood: Everything Was Fake but Her Wealth.
  • Wikipedia entires for Ida Wood and her husband Benjamin Wood.
  • A personal essay: My Crazy Aunt Ida.
  • Transcript of this episode.


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