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The devil in the white city : murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America / Erik Larson.
Tells the parallel stories of Daniel Burnham, the main architect of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, and serial killer Henry H. Holmes, discussing the challenges Burnham faced in creating the hugely successful White City, and looking at how Holmes used the opportunities afforded by the fair to lure victims to their deaths.
Record details
- ISBN: 0609608444 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xi, 447 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Crown Publishers, [2003]
- Copyright: ©2003
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-429) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Evils imminent -- Prologue, aboard the Olympic (1912) -- Frozen music (Chicago, 1890-1891) -- An awful fight -- In the white city -- Cruelty revealed (1894-5) Property of H.H. Holmes -- Epilogue, the last crossing. |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader UG 9.2 23 23 106685 |
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