The Devil in the White City
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (668 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0000DE6QB |
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| Number of Pages | : | 203 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The murderer was Henry H. 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. 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. 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. 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. In this audiobook 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.To find out more about this audiobook, go to DevilInTheWhiteCity.. Anthony, Thomas Edison, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and others. What makes the story all the more
Come for the serial killer; stay for the fair. Come for the serial killer, stay for the fair.I will be absolutely honest and admit that I purchased the book because I was interested in the weird story of H.H.Holmes, American con-man, psychopath and serial killer. In fact, I will add to my confession, and shame, by saying that my interest was sparked. "Not exactly what I expected but still a good read." according to L. Tison. I probably should have read the description a little more closely. I thought this book would cover the World's Fair and H.H. Holmes in equal amounts. It does not. I will admit, the author thoroughly researched both topics, but it was clear to me his focus was on the architecture of the World's Fair. He . A Worlds Fair and Murder in Chicago This book is a detailed history of building of the Worlds Fair in Chicago in 1893 and the story of serial killer. The author explains how many of the great builders of American cities came together to build worlds fair in a large and growing city. It is a story of How many new inventions and ideas were
Combining the stories of an architect and a killer in one book, mostly in alternating chapters, seems like an odd choice but it works. Holmes, who is believed to be responsible for scores of murders around the time of the fair, are equally remarkable. Anthony, and Thomas Edison. Burnham's challenge was immense. Holmes, a serial killer masquerading as a charming doctor. The activities of the sinister Dr. The magical appeal and horrifying dark side of 19th-century Chicago are both revealed through Lar