The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson.
Subtitled Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America, the Devil in the White City takes place against the backdrop of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair and is about two men: Daniel Hudson Burnam, famous architect who designed New York’s Flatiron Building and who was director of “works” for the Fair, and Henry H. Holmes – a doctor and a serial killer who uses the Fair as his stalking ground for victims.
Their stories are told in parallel and both are equally as riveting. The architect who struggled to merge the talents of Frederick Law Olmsted, Charles McKim and Louis Sullivan, to turn what was a swamp with the prosiac name of Jackson Park into the White City of the Chicago Fair: the physician who constructed his own “Fair” wherein he lured and tortured women to their deaths.
The Devil in the White City is a fascinating, true story of an intriguing time in our nation’s history and several characters that – for whatever reason – remain unforgettable. Meg
Their stories are told in parallel and both are equally as riveting. The architect who struggled to merge the talents of Frederick Law Olmsted, Charles McKim and Louis Sullivan, to turn what was a swamp with the prosiac name of Jackson Park into the White City of the Chicago Fair: the physician who constructed his own “Fair” wherein he lured and tortured women to their deaths.
The Devil in the White City is a fascinating, true story of an intriguing time in our nation’s history and several characters that – for whatever reason – remain unforgettable. Meg
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