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Title:The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
Author:Erik Larson
Book Format:Hardcover
Book Edition:First Edition
Pages:Pages: 447 pages
Published:February 11th 2003 by Crown Publishers (first published 2003)
Categories:Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Psychology. Health. Mental Health. Mental Illness

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Author Erik Larson imbues the incredible events surrounding the 1893 Chicago World's Fair with such drama that readers may find themselves checking the book's categorization to be sure that 'The Devil in the White City' is not, in fact, a highly imaginative novel. Larson tells the stories of two men: Daniel H. Burnham, the architect responsible for the fair's construction, and H.H. Holmes, a serial killer masquerading as a charming doctor. Burnham's challenge was immense. In a short period of time, he was forced to overcome the death of his partner and numerous other obstacles to construct the famous "White City" around which the fair was built. His efforts to complete the project, and the fair's incredible success, are skillfully related along with entertaining appearances by such notables as Buffalo Bill Cody, Susan B. Anthony, and Thomas Edison. The activities of the sinister Dr. Holmes, who is believed to be responsible for scores of murders around the time of the fair, are equally remarkable. He devised and erected the World's Fair Hotel, complete with crematorium and gas chamber, near the fairgrounds and used the event as well as his own charismatic personality to lure victims. Combining the stories of an architect and a killer in one book, mostly in alternating chapters, seems like an odd choice but it works. The magical appeal and horrifying dark side of 19th-century Chicago are both revealed through Larson's skillful writing. - John Moe

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Original Title: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
ISBN: 0609608444 (ISBN13: 9780609608449)
Edition Language: English
Characters: Daniel Burnham, H.H. Holmes
Setting: Chicago, Illinois(United States) Illinois(United States)
Literary Awards: International Horror Guild Award for Nonfiction (2003), Book Sense Book of the Year Award Nominee (2004), Great Lakes Book Award Nominee for Nonfiction Shortlist (2003), Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime (2004), Washington State Book Award (2004) Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award (2004), National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction (2003), CWA Gold Dagger Award (2003)

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Overwhelmingly underwhelming 1893 was a year to remember - the World's Fair came to Chicago and H. H. Holmes (one of America's most famous serial killers) took full advantage. He stalked the streets and murdered whomever he pleased.I really liked the idea of this one - to take one of America's greatest triumphs and splicing his story along with one of the greatest horrors. However. There's too high of a disconnect between these two sides This reads like two separate books thrown together at

So, no offense to those that liked this book, but I'm throwing in the towel after 75 pages. It's just not holding my interest. Part of the reason for this is that Larson's writing style is way too speculative for my taste in non-fiction. I just finished reading the Path Between Seas by David McCullough, and he does such an amazing job of making complicated, historical events interesting, without fabricating scenes that "could have" happened. Even that wouldn't have bothered me that much if

For me, reviewing this book is similar to trying to review any Nicolas Cage movie from the past 20 years, in that if I was asked if Cage's over-the-top performance was the best thing or the worst thing about the movie, I could only answer... "Yes!"(Pictured - one of Nicolas Cage's more subdued performances; Not pictured - sanity)If you were to ask me my favorite thing about this book, I would immediately answer, "Erik Larson's writing style!"This book is mostly talked about for the portions

Page Turning phenomenal! I took notes on my iphone to remind myself of 'gems' to 'share/write' about -- but there are 'at least' 2,000 'already' wonderful reviews --WELL DESERVING-- about this amazing TRUE STORY --I've not much more to add. The building of the Worlds Fair was fascinating ---(all the details -and the challenges were incredible, engaging-interesting, and exquisite! 'Holmes' --(the killer), was just CREEPY!!! FASTASTIC STORYTELLING!!!!

A fascinating book and an easy read. Chapter by chapter, in simple chronological order, the author juxtaposes preparations for the 1893 Chicago Worlds Fair with the doings of one of the countrys first serial murders. From the Fairs chapters we learned how Chicagos boosterism won it the fair from other competitors including Washington and New York. Construction was last-minute and in panic mode, but it got done. Theres a lot about Frederick Law Olmstead who was in charge of park design but he was

The Devil in The White City is a fascinating study of the genius of two men and how they applied that genius. At first I was worried that the book would be too gory but most of the details are left to the imagination.However, the Fair is what captivated me. How these men managed to build such beauty and excitement with limited time, funds and a less than favorable location, is amazing. I live in Milwaukee, about a hour and a half from Chicago and I know this area well, that brought it home to me

This book is two, two, two books in one!Sorry, that was annoying. But its almost as if Erik Larson wrote two really short booksone about the 1893 Worlds Columbian Exposition and another about the murder spree of Dr. H. H. Holmesand then shoved them together to create a single story. The result isnt bad, and I think Larson is successful at maintaining clean seams between the two narratives, but its hard to argue these two occurrences are anything but abstractedly related. Yes, Holmes lived in