All Over the Page - The mysterious case of Rudolf Diesel: genius, power, and deception on the eve of World War I

This month we will be reading The mysterious case of Rudolf Diesel: genius, power, and deception on the eve of World War I by Douglas Brunt. The discussion will be facilitated by Eric Head. 

The hidden history of one of the world's greatest inventors, a man who disrupted the status quo and then disappeared into thin air on the eve of World War I--this book answers the hundred-year-old mystery of what really became of Rudolf Diesel.

Eric S. Head, BA in History from the University of Florida, is County Archivist at the Knox County Archives, an instructor in the genealogy class series sponsored by the Knox County Public Library and the East Tennessee Historical Society (ETHS), and a contributor to the ETHS magazine, Tennessee Ancestors. He has also served in various capacities with the Society of Tennessee Archivists, including as President in 2012-2013. Eric has enthusiastically volunteered with a number of organizations in which his daughter was involved including her local swim team and with her High School Band Boosters. He continues to enjoy studying history, particularly naval history, as well as numismatics and finance/economics. Eric has experience researching at numerous facilities in the United States including notable places like the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, the New York City Municipal Archives and the National Archives in Washington, D.C.  He also has ventured overseas looking for ancestors in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.