447 pages
English language
Published Jan. 2, 2003 by Doubleday.
The devil in the White City
murder, magic and madness at the fair that changed America
by Erik Larson
Erik Larson: The devil in the White City (2003, Doubleday)
- ISBN:
- 978-0-385-60273-0
- OCLC Number:
- 156117835
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This is the story of the men and women whose lives were irrevocably changed by the Chicago World Fair, and of two men in particular: an architect and a serial killer. Spicing the narrative are the stories of a cast of historical characters including Buffalo Bill, Scott Joplin and Theodore Dreiser.
Subjects
- Burnham, Daniel H
- Holmes, Henry H
- Murder -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century
- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century