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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
- eng
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xi, 447 pages
- Contents
-
- Evils imminent
- Prologue, aboard the Olympic
- Frozen music
- An awful fight
- In the white city
- Cruelty revealed
- Epilogue, the last crossing
- Isbn
- 9780375725609
- Label
- 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
- Statement of responsibility
- Erik Larson
- Subject
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- Biographies
- Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912
- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century
- HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century
- Mudgett, Herman W, 1861-1896
- Serial murderers -- Illinois | Chicago -- Biography
- Serial murders -- Illinois | Chicago -- Case studies
- True crime stories
- Architects -- Illinois | Chicago -- Biography
- World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, Chicago, Ill
- Language
-
- eng
- eng
- 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
- Awards note
- National Book Award Finalist, Nonfiction, 2003
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1954-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Larson, Erik
- Dewey number
- 364.15/23/0977311
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV6248.M8
- LC item number
- L37 2003
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Mudgett, Herman W
- World's Columbian Exposition
- Burnham, Daniel Hudson
- Serial murderers
- Serial murders
- Architects
- Chicago (Ill.)
- World's Columbian Exposition
- HISTORY
- Label
- The devil in the white city : murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America, Erik Larson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-429) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Evils imminent -- Prologue, aboard the Olympic -- Frozen music -- An awful fight -- In the white city -- Cruelty revealed -- Epilogue, the last crossing
- Control code
- ocm51053561
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xi, 447 pages
- Isbn
- 9780375725609
- Lccn
- 2002154046
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)51053561
- Label
- The devil in the white city : murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America, Erik Larson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-429) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Evils imminent -- Prologue, aboard the Olympic -- Frozen music -- An awful fight -- In the white city -- Cruelty revealed -- Epilogue, the last crossing
- Control code
- ocm51053561
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xi, 447 pages
- Isbn
- 9780375725609
- Lccn
- 2002154046
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)51053561
Subject
- Biographies
- Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912
- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century
- HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century
- Mudgett, Herman W, 1861-1896
- Serial murderers -- Illinois | Chicago -- Biography
- Serial murders -- Illinois | Chicago -- Case studies
- True crime stories
- Architects -- Illinois | Chicago -- Biography
- World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, Chicago, Ill
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- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Crime and Punishment
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Paperback Nonfiction
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