The devil in the white city : murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America / Erik Larson.

The devil in the white city : murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America /

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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...

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Main Author: Larson, Erik, 1954-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Crown Publishers, [2003]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Mudgett, Herman W., > 1861-1896.
Burnham, Daniel Hudson, > 1846-1912.
World's Columbian Exposition > (1893 : > Chicago, Ill.)
Chicago World's Fair > (1893 : > Chicago, Ill.)
Serial murderers > Illinois > Chicago > Biography.
Serial murders > Illinois > Chicago > Case studies.
Architects > Illinois > Chicago > Biography.
Chicago (Ill.) > History > 19th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • Evils imminent
  • Prologue, aboard the Olympic
  • Frozen music
  • An awful fight
  • In the white city
  • Cruelty revealed
  • Epilogue, the last crossing.
  • 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.

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