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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: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Bringing Chicago circa 1893 to vivid life, Erik Larson's spellbinding 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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The Devil In The White City (murder, Magic, And Madness At The Fair That Changed America) (illustrated) (hardcover)
The Devil In The White City (murder, Magic, And Madness At The Fair That Changed America) (illustrated) (hardcover) - By Erik Larson
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Larsons gifts as a storyteller are magnificently displayed in this rich narrative of a master builder, a killer, and the 1893 Chicago Worlds Fair that obsessed them both. Unabridged. 12 CDs.
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Books)
General History - 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 ... - The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Books)
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The Devil In The White City (murder, Magic, And Madness At The Fair That Changed America) (reprint) (paperback)
The Devil In The White City (murder, Magic, And Madness At The Fair That Changed America) (reprint) (paperback) - By Erik Larson
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We found 109 used copies, 20 new copies, and 2 collectible copies of this book. (Show all copies of ISBN 9780375725609)
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Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized Americaâs rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fairâs brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the countryâs 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...
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe]
Anonymous death came early and often. Each of the thousand trains that entered and left the city did so at grade level. You could step from a curb and be killed by the Chicago Limited. Every day on average two people were destroyed at the city's rail crossings. Their injuries were grotesque. Pedestrians retrieved severed heads. There were other hazards. Streetcars fell from drawbridges. Horses bolted and dragged carriages into crowds. Fires took a dozen lives a day. In describing the fire dead, the...
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We found 68 used copies, 7 new copies, and 2 collectible copies of this book. (Show all copies of ISBN 9780609608449)
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The Devil In The White City (murder, Magic And Madness At The Fair That Changed America) (volume 12) (unabridged) (compact Disc)
The Devil In The White City (murder, Magic And Madness At The Fair That Changed America) (volume 12) (unabridged) (compact Disc) - By Erik Larson,scott Brick (narrator) - Audio Cd
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Books. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
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This digital document is an article from Reviewer's Bookwatch, published by Thomson Gale on March 1, 2005. The length of the article is 987 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America.(Book Review) Author: Craig...
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, Madness, and the Fair That Changed America
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Investigative reporter Erik Larson unearths the lost history of the 1893 World's Fair and of a madman who grimly parodied the fair's achievements. The "White City" was a magical creation constructed upon Chicago's swampy Jackson Park by a roster of architectural stars, including Daniel H. Burnham, Frederick Olmstead, and Louis Sullivan. Drawing 27 million visitors in six months, the fair gathered the era's brightest intellectual lights and launched innovations like Juicy Fruit gum, Cracker Jacks...
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A thousand trains a day entered or left Chicago. Many of these trains brought single young women who had never even seen a city but now hoped to make one of the biggest and toughest their home. Jane Addams, the urban reformer who founded Chicago's Hull House, wrote, "Never before in civilization have such numbers of young girls been suddenly released from the protection of the home and permitted to walk unattended upon the city streets and to work under alien roofs." The women sought work as typewriters...
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