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

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Summary
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. In this book the smoke, romance, and mystery of the Gilded Age come alive as never before. 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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xi, 447 pages
Contents
  • 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
Isbn
9780609608449
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The devil in the white city : murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America
Title
The devil in the white city
Title remainder
murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America
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Erik Larson
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
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. In this book the smoke, romance, and mystery of the Gilded Age come alive as never before. 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
Biography type
contains biographical information
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DLC
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1954-
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Larson, Erik
Dewey number
364.15/23/0977311
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
Interest level
UG
LC call number
HV6248.M8
LC item number
L37 2003
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Reading level
9.2
Study program name
Accelerated Reader AR
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Mudgett, Herman W
  • Burnham, Daniel Hudson
  • World's Columbian Exposition
  • Serial murderers
  • Serial murders
  • Architects
  • Chicago (Ill.)
Label
The devil in the white city : murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America, Erik Larson
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-429) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
  • cri
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
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
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xi, 447 pages
Isbn
9780609608449
Isbn Type
(hardcover)
Lccn
2002154046
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
ocm51053561
Label
The devil in the white city : murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America, Erik Larson
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-429) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
  • cri
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
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
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xi, 447 pages
Isbn
9780609608449
Isbn Type
(hardcover)
Lccn
2002154046
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
ocm51053561

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