Thunderstruck Setting & Symbolism

Erik Larson
This Study Guide consists of approximately 31 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Thunderstruck.

Thunderstruck Setting & Symbolism

Erik Larson
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The SS Montrose

This is the vessel owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway that conveys Crippen and Ethel as second-class passengers across the Atlantic in 1910.

Royal Institution, 21 Albemarle Street, London

This organization is founded in London in 1799 for the advancement of science. Important discoveries are made in its laboratories, and its lectures are closely followed by the general public and print journalists as well as by science professionals.

Coldwater, Michigan

This is the birthplace of Hawley Harvey Crippen in 1862, where he grew up in a family of ardent Methodists.

Wireless Telegraph and Signal Co.

This is Marconi's original company, formed to capitalize on his experiments in wireless communication, founded in London in 1897.

Poldhu

This is the Cornwall location of one of Marconi's early transmission stations.

Hyoscine hydrobromide

This is a poison compound that is deadly in minute quantities.

Albion House, New Oxford Street, London

This is the building...

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