The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America

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Erik Larson

The Devil in the White City

Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America

Erik Larson

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Bantam
01 June 2004

Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial; Biography; Biography: historical, political & military; True crime

Chicago, 1893. One man built a heaven on earth. Another built hell beside it...

'An irresistible page-turner that reads like the most compelling, sleep defying fiction' TIME OUT

One was an architect. The other a serial killer. This is the incredible story of these two men and their realization of the Chicago World's Fair of 1893, and its amazing 'White City'; one of the wonders of the world.

The architect was Daniel H. Burnham, the driving force behind the White City, the massive, visionary landscape of white buildings set in a wonderland of canals and gardens.

The killer was H. H. Holmes, a handsome doctor with striking blue eyes. He used the attraction of the great fair - and his own devilish charms - to lure scores of young women to their deaths.

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 just west of the fairground. He called it the World's Fair Hotel.

In reality it was a torture palace, a gas chamber, a crematorium.

These two disparate but driven men are brought to life in this mesmerizing, murderous tale of the legendary Fair that transformed America and set it on course for the twentieth century . . .

By: Erik Larson
Imprint: Bantam
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 126mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9780553813531
ISBN 10: 0553813536
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 01 June 2004
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America

Fuses history and entertainment to give the dramatic effect of a novel...this truth really is stranger than fiction * The New York Times * Erik Larson tracks [H H Holmes] with practised journalistic skill...Highly readable * Sunday Telegraph * Captures the spirit of an America bursting with pioneering drive...a gripping book * Independent on Sunday * An irresistible page-turner that reads like the most compelling, sleep defying fiction * Time Out * Bursting with so much vitality you half expect it to jump right out of your hands * Yorkshire Evening Post *