# Event Details - **Event Name**: Erik Larson in Conversation with Mark Bazer "Demon of Unrest" - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 12 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Thu, 12 Mar, 2026 at 09:00 pm - **Event Description**: Erik Larson will be discussing his latest book Demon of Unrest with Mark Bazer. Each ticket includes a pre-signed copy of the book.About this EventAll books will be presigned but Erik is willing to personalize copies after the event! About the Book:On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fueled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter.Master storyteller Erik Larson offers a gripping account of the chaotic months between Lincoln’s election and the Confederacy’s shelling of Sumter—a period marked by tragic errors and miscommunications, enflamed egos and craven ambitions, personal tragedies and betrayals. Lincoln himself wrote that the trials of these five months were “so great that, could I have anticipated them, I would not have believed it possible to survive them.”At the heart of this suspense-filled narrative are Major Robert Anderson, Sumter’s commander and a former slave owner sympathetic to the South but loyal to the Union; Edmund Ruffin, a vain and bloodthirsty radical who stirs secessionist ardor at every opportunity; and Mary Boykin Chesnut, wife of a prominent planter, conflicted over both marriage and slavery and seeing parallels between both. In the middle of it all is the overwhelmed Lincoln, battling with his duplicitous Secretary of State, William Seward, as he tries desperately to avert a war that he fears is inevitable—one that will eventually K*ll 750,000 Americans.Drawing on diaries, secret communiques, slave ledgers, and plantation records, Larson gives us a political horror story that captures the forces that led America to the brink—a dark reminder that we often don’t see a cataclysm coming until it’s too late.About the Author:Erik Larson is the author of six previous national bestsellers—The Splendid and the Vile, Dead Wake, In the Garden of Beasts, Thunderstruck, The Devil in the White City, and Isaac’s Storm—which have collectively sold more than ten million copies. His books have been published in nearly twenty countries.About the Conversation Partner:Mark Bazer is the host and executive producer of The Interview Show, a live talk show held at both The Hideout and FitzGerald's. The show ran for six seasons on WTTW, Chicago's PBS station, and was syndicated through American Public Television. Mark also frequently moderates events in and around Chicago and is a contributing writer for Chicago magazine. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chicago/erik-larson-in-conversation-with-mark-bazer-demon-of-unrest/100001977112969113 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, sports, fine-arts - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Ferik-larson-in-conversation-with-mark-bazer-demon-of-unrest-tickets-1977112969113 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 35.98, max: 35.98, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Chicago - **state**: IL - **country**: United States - **location**: Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey) - **lat**: 41.9653169 - **long**: -87.6538551 - **full address**: Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey), 935 West Wilson Avenue, Chicago, United States ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: The Book Cellar (https://allevents.in/org/the-book-cellar/18724635) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/c018e7fe8b5ce4674bd06c7bf56a8296a7629980bae9f454312f67407367e623-rimg-w1200-h600-dc6c8186-gmir.jpg?v=1767973337 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/60ea2c2c229d0096a9e85dbd1c9fe14da37e82af2875f14d53b171f91a4e0df6-rimg-w400-h400-dc6c8186-gmir.jpg?v=1767973337 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Thu, 12 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey), 935 West Wilson Avenue, Chicago, United States - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 35.98 up to 35.98 USD - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** The Book Cellar - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** art, literary-art, sports, fine-arts - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Erik Larson in Conversation with Mark Bazer "Demon of Unrest" ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Erik Larson in Conversation with Mark Bazer "Demon of Unrest"", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/c018e7fe8b5ce4674bd06c7bf56a8296a7629980bae9f454312f67407367e623-rimg-w1200-h600-dc6c8186-gmir.jpg?v=1767973337", "startDate": "2026-03-12", "endDate": "2026-03-12", "url": "https://allevents.in/chicago/erik-larson-in-conversation-with-mark-bazer-demon-of-unrest/100001977112969113", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey)", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "935 West Wilson Avenue", "postalCode": "60640", "addressLocality": "Chicago", "addressRegion": "IL", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "41.9653169", "longitude": "-87.6538551" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Erik Larson will be discussing his latest book Demon of Unrest with Mark Bazer. 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