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Thrilling account of Chicago's World Fair 1893.
The Devil in the White City is a gripping non-fiction that details the true story of two men, one an architect and the other, a serial killer, during the World Fair held in Chicago in 1893. It is an enthralling account of how they each realized their goals: the architect, Daniel Burnham, designed an ambitious and dazzling White City while the killer, H.H. Holmes, preyed on innocent victims. The book captures both the charisma and darkness of the characters involved, and offers an insightful look into a defining moment in American history.
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ISBN: 9780553813531
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: $18.83
Authors:
Erik Larson
Publisher: Bantam Press
Date of Publication: 2004-04-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.0
(rated by 675705 readers)
Description
CHICAGO, 1893.ONE MAN BUILT A HEAVEN ON EARTH.ANOTHER BUILT HELL BESIDE IT.The Chicago World's Fair of 1893 was one of the greats wonders of the world. This is the extraordinary story of its realization, and of two men whose fates it linked: one was an architect, the other a serial killer...The architect was Daniel H. Burnham. He created the 'White City', a massive, visionary landscape of white buildings set in an incandescent wonderland of canals and gardens. The killer was H. H. Holmes, a handsome doctor with intense blue eyes, who used the attraction of the great fair - and his own devilish charms - to lure scores, perhaps hundreds, of young women to their deaths. And while Burnham overcame politics, infighting, personality clashes and Chicago's infamous weather to transform the swamps of Jackson Park into the greatest show on Earth, Holmes built his own edifice. He called it the World's Fair Hotel. In reality it was a torture palace, a gas chamber, a crematorium.These two disparate yet driven men together with a remarkable supporting cast, including Buffalo Bill, George Ferris and Thomas Edison, are brought to life in this mesmerizing, murderous tale of the spectacle that transformed America and set it on course for the 20th century.
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