The article by Craig Offman focuses on the book\u00a0Issac’s Storm<\/em> and analyzes some of the accuracies of the book. The book is based on a true story but to make it a more entertaining read it would make sense that some things are a little exaggerated and we must take that into account, Offman does just that. Offman says that Larson treats Isaac as an incompetent scapegoat, Isaac, according to Larson just could not read the signs that were presented to him. Offman also points out the fact that Larson claims the brothers had a rivalry though as mckenndy21<\/a>\u00a0says in their post that Offman uses evidence from Lew Fincher to disprove that and he brushes off the brothers’ cold letters as due to their Victorian upbringing and military background. \u00a0Offman also criticizes Larson for not using certain sources that could have helped him in his writing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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