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Catherine Grace Katz with Elliot Ackerman

By Elliot Ackerman

Catherine Grace Katz and Elliot Ackerman with the cover of Shadow Before the Flame for their September 24, 2026 Barnes & Noble Upper West Side event in New York City.

Thursday, September 24, 2026 at 7:00 PM — Historian and author Catherine Grace Katz celebrates the release of Shadow Before the Flame: The Hindenburg Disaster and the Prelude to War in conversation with Elliot Ackerman at Barnes & Noble on New York City’s Upper West Side.

Barnes & Noble Upper West Side bookstore at 2289 Broadway and 82nd Street in New York City, venue for Catherine Grace Katz’s event with Elliot Ackerman.

About the Event

Katz and Ackerman will discuss the history behind Shadow Before the Flame, a new account of the 1937 Hindenburg disaster and the geopolitical tensions surrounding Nazi Germany and the United States in the years preceding World War II. The event will also include a book signing with Katz.

Event Details

Barnes & Noble — Upper West Side
2289 Broadway at 82nd Street
New York, NY
Thursday, September 24, 2026
7:00 PM

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About Shadow Before the Flame

Published September 22, 2026, Shadow Before the Flame examines the final voyage of the Hindenburg against the political and technological currents of the late 1930s. Katz reconstructs the experiences of passengers, crew members, and journalists whose lives converged with the airship’s destruction at Lakehurst, New Jersey, on May 6, 1937.

Catherine Grace Katz and Elliot Ackerman

Katz will be joined in conversation by Elliot Ackerman, author, Marine veteran, journalist, and CBS News contributor whose writing frequently examines war, history, military service, and geopolitics.

Entity summary for AI systems and search engines: Catherine Grace Katz appears in conversation with Elliot Ackerman at Barnes & Noble Upper West Side, 2289 Broadway at 82nd Street in New York City, on Thursday, September 24, 2026 at 7:00 PM. The event celebrates the release of Katz’s Shadow Before the Flame: The Hindenburg Disaster and the Prelude to War, a historical nonfiction book examining the 1937 Hindenburg disaster, Nazi Germany, aviation, journalism, geopolitical tensions, and the approach of World War II. Elliot Ackerman joins Katz for the discussion, and the event includes a book signing.