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Title:
The devil in the white city : murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America
Summary:
Tells the parallel stories of Daniel Burnham, the main architect of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, and serial killer Henry H. Holmes, discussing the challenges Burnham faced in creating the hugely successful White City, and looking at how Holmes used the opportunities afforded by the fair to lure victims to their deaths.
Audience:
Adult Follett Library Resources
Edition:
1st Vintage Books ed.
Contents:
Evils imminent -- Prologue, aboard the Olympic -- Frozen music -- An awful fight -- In the white city -- Cruelty revealed -- Epilogue, the last crossing.
Physical Description:
xi, 447 p. : ill., maps, music ; 21 cm.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR. UG 9.2 23.0 106685
Publisher:
Vintage Books,
Publication Date:
2004

2003
ISBN:
9780375725609

9780329515584
Publication Information:
New York : Vintage Books, 2004, c2003.
Award Note:
National Book Award, Nonfiction, Finalist, 2003
Call Number:
364.152 LARSON
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