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The Devil in the White City : Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson (2003, Hardcover)

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In The Devil in the White City, the smoke, romance, and mystery of the Gilded Age come alive as never before. 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. Erik Larson's gifts as a storyteller are magnificently displayed in this rich narrative of the master builder, the killer, and the great fair that obsessed them both. To find out more about this book, go to http: //www.DevilInTheWhiteCity.com.

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Publisher
Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0609608444
ISBN-13
9780609608449
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2243368

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Book Title
Devil in the White City : Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
Author
Erik Larson
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Murder / General, United States / 19th Century, Murder / Serial Killers, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, IL, in, Ks, MI, MN, MO, Nd, Ne, OH, Sd, Wi), Individual Architects & Firms / General, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year
2003
Genre
True Crime, Architecture, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
464 Pages

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Item Length
9.7in
Item Height
1.5in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
27.1 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Hv6248.M8l37 2003
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"Engrossing . . . exceedingly well documented . . . utterly fascinating." -- Chicago Tribune "A dynamic, enveloping book. . . . Relentlessly fuses history and entertainment to give this nonfiction book the dramatic effect of a novel. . . . It doesn't hurt that this truth is stranger than fiction." --The New York Times "So good, you find yourself asking how you could not know this already." -- Esquire "Another successful exploration of American history. . . . Larson skillfully balances the grisly details with the far-reaching implications of the World's Fair."-- USA Today "As absorbing a piece of popular history as one will ever hope to find."-- San Francisco Chronicle "Paints a dazzling picture of the Gilded Age and prefigure the American century to come."-- Entertainment Weekly "A wonderfully unexpected book. . . Larson is a historian . . . with a novelist's soul."-- Chicago Sun-Times, "Engrossing . . . exceedingly well documented . . . utterly fascinating." -- Chicago Tribune "A dynamic, enveloping book. . . . Relentlessly fuses history and entertainment to give this nonfiction book the dramatic effect of a novel. . . . It doesn't hurt that this truth is stranger than fiction." -- The New York Times "So good, you find yourself asking how you could not know this already." -- Esquire "Another successful exploration of American history. . . . Larson skillfully balances the grisly details with the far-reaching implications of the World's Fair." -- USA Today "As absorbing a piece of popular history as one will ever hope to find." -- San Francisco Chronicle "Paints a dazzling picture of the Gilded Age and prefigure the American century to come." -- Entertainment Weekly "A wonderfully unexpected book. . . Larson is a historian . . . with a novelist's soul." -- Chicago Sun-Times, "Engrossing . . . exceedingly well documented . . . utterly fascinating." -- Chicago Tribune "A dynamic, enveloping book. . . . Relentlessly fuses history and entertainment to give this nonfiction book the dramatic effect of a novel. . . . It doesn't hurt that this truth is stranger than fiction." -- The New York Times "So good, you find yourself asking how you could not know this already." -- Esquire "Another successful exploration of American history. . . . Larson skillfully balances the grisly details with the far-reaching implications of the World's Fair." -- USA Today "As absorbing a piece of popular history as one will ever hope to find." -- San Francisco Chronicle "Paint[s] a dazzling picture of the Gilded Age and prefigure[s] the American century to come." -- Entertainment Weekly "A wonderfully unexpected book. . . Larson is a historian . . . with a novelist's soul." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Copyright Date
2003
Lccn
2002-154046
Dewey Decimal
364.1523092
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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by diogenes9561Jun 11, 2020
19 Century Horror That's Real, Not Fictional
Year of Our Lord 1893, a World's Fair in Chicago, a city almost fully recovered from the devastating fire of 1871. A dazzling spectacle in Jackson Park, the first Ferris Wheel, buildings and peoples of the world, tourists from everywhere...and an unspeakably evil Herman Webster Mudgett, AKA Dr. H.H Holmes, who meets young women, invites them to visit his home near the Fair, and murders them. I grew up in Chicago and I'd heard a few things about this man and his "murder castle" on 63rd Street west of Jackson Park, but this book fills in any and all details I never knew. Holmes was evil, a cold blooded serial killer, America's first, and his story is fascinating in the same way as looking a fatal car accident: I was revulsed by what he'd done, but it was horribly fascinating and I could not look away until I'd finished the book. This horror is not fictional, it's real and that's the most disturbing thing.Read full review
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by 2pZOEzWARBm@Del...Mar 06, 2007
The Devil in the White City
I bought this book because it is our book club assignment for March. It is an excellent read for many reasons. 1) It is historical and that is always of more interest than a similar story you know is fiction. 2) It parallels the lives of two men very disparate in character yet each consumed with a single goal - one beauty and civic contribution; the other death and destruction. 3) The book is written so that one chapter describes the architect and where he finds himself in his goal pursuit. The next chapter gives us update on the psychopath and his race to evil. Back and forth - every other chapter. And 4) The book is a wonderful resource for Chicago and the living conditions of the 1890's. I would recommend this to most of the readers in my life.
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by ramblingnashNov 01, 2022
Outstanding Historical Nonfiction Serves as the Back Drop for one of America's Worst Criminals
This book is unlike any other book I have ever read because it incorporates a true crime story with the history about the end of the 19th century when there was a monumental world's fair in Chicago, Illinois. That 1893 world's fair introduced so many modern advances such as the ferris wheel, the use of alternating current for electricity, the creation of a modern theme park with white structures, the utilization of landscape architecture by Olmstead, the invention of the rocking chair, etc. This book is historically fascinating and uplifting while providing the back drop for one of America's worst criminals, who preyed on young women who attended that spectacular world's fair, many whom went missing forever. If you are looking for a riveting page turner, this is it!
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5 out of 5 stars
by tsegat45Jul 10, 2022
One of my favorite books
Probably the best of all Erik Larson's books. As fascinating as the H. H. Holmes story was, the planning and building of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair was even more compelling. I read this a few years ago and bought a hard cover copy so I can read it again.
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by reneesgiftboxSep 13, 2018
Go Back in Time to America's First World's Fair
Spell-binding. Chock full of historical content. Brings the realities of 1890s Chicago to light. If you want to learn about the first U.S. city to host a World's Fair, and how it was accomplished, this is the book for you. Captivating!
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