![]() ![]() We did follow HH Holme and know what he was up to while living in Chicago. Really there were two stories running concurrently. I expected a murder mystery set in the World's Fair. I got to it first and spent two nights awake until dawn listening in wonder. My daughter was assigned this book as part of her summer reading for her Honor's English class. Two excellent stores read by a superb narrator Still a fascinating read that for the first time makes me look forward to the movie so I can see the incredible White City come to life. ![]() This was a huge undertaking for any author and I'm glad Larson ventured to uncover this enthralling story, however more details of both the murders and the building of the city would have been welcomed. Other added details such as the detectives' intense search for evidence, appearances by famous people, and a tale from the Titanic make this story a rich and enjoyable read. The author writes in such a way that you can truly imagine the excitement and boom happening in that place and time. HH Holmes) a well respected doctor who preyed on young trusting women, and anyone else who got in his way. The fascinating story of Chicago's rush to build the White City and hold the World Fair of 1893 (celebrating the 400th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America and visited by everyone who was anyone) as well as the murderous actions of Herman Mudgett (a.k.a. Set in Chicago in the late 1800's the book tells two stories. Scott Brick is my favorite narrator and he doesn't disappoint here. I enjoyed this listen so much I lost sleep to continue listening. Anthony, Thomas Edison, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and others. 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. The Devil in the White City draws the listener 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. ![]() What makes the story all the more chilling is that Holmes really lived, walking the grounds of that dream city by the lake. 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.īurnham 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. 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, DC. 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 20th century. The true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death. ![]()
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