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"Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America's rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair's brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country's most important structures, including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington, D.C. The murderer was Henry H.
Holmes, a young doctor who, in a malign parody of the White City, built his "World's Fair Hotel" just west of the fairgrounds - a torture palace complete with dissection table, gas chamber, and 3,000-degree crematorium. Burnham overcame tremendous obstacles and tragedies as he organized the talents of Frederick Law Olmsted, Charles McKim, Louis Sullivan, and others to transform swampy Jackson Park into the White City, while Holmes used the attraction of the great fair and his own satanic charms to lure scores of young women to their deaths.
What makes the story all the more chilling is that Holmes really lived, walking the grounds of that dream city by the lake." "The Devil in the White City draws the reader into a time of magic and majesty, made all the more appealing by a supporting cast of real-life characters, including Buffalo Bill, Theodore Dreiser, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Edison, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and others. In this book the smoke, romance, and mystery of the Gilded Age come alive as never before."--BOOK JACKET.
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Social life and customs, Murder, Open Library Staff Picks, Serial murders, Nonfiction, Architects, New York Times bestseller, Case studies, Serial murderers, World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.), Biography, History, World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) (NOBLE)39295, World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill), Murder, illinois, Burnham, daniel hudson, 1846-1912, Chicago (ill.), history, Urban, 20th Century, Serial killers, Mehrfachtäter, Mörder, Belletristische Darstellung, Weltausstellung (1893), World's Columbian Exposition. fast (OCoLC)fst01405620, World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) sears, World's Columbian Exposition 1893 Chicago, Ill, Weltausstellung 1893 Chicago, Ill. gnd, Chicago, Chicago (Ill.), Ji shi xiao shuo, 19th Century, Criminals, New York Times reviewed, Tueurs en série, Biographies, Meurtres en série, Études de cas, Architectes, Histoire, World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80008759People
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
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El Diablo En La Ciudad Blanca (Vivencias)
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
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2004, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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2004, Bantam Books
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
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The devil in the white city: [a true story of murder, magic and madness]
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
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2003, Crown Publishers
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-429) and index
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"A thousand trains a day entered or left Chicago."
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From back cover: Bringing Chicago circa 1893 to vivid life, Erik Larson's spell-binding bestseller intertwines the true tale of two men - the brilliant architect behind the legendary 1893 World's Fair, striving to secure America's place in the world; and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their death. Combining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted a narrative with all the wonder of newly discovered history and the thrills of the best fiction.
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