The devil in the white city : murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America /
Erik Larson.
- New York : Vintage Books, 2004.
- xi, 447 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Evils imminent -- Prologue, aboard the Olympic -- Frozen music -- An awful fight -- In the white city -- Cruelty revealed -- Epilogue, the last crossing.
An account of the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 relates the stories of two men who shaped the history of the event--architect Daniel H. Burnham, who coordinated its construction, and serial killer Herman Mudgett.
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