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The devil in the white city : murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America

text The devil in the white city : murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America

Larson, Erik.

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... Read more
Contents

Evils imminent -- Prologue, aboard the Olympic (1912) -- Frozen music (Chicago, 1890-1891) -- An awful fight -- In the white city -- Cruelty revealed (1894-5) Property of H.H. Holmes -- Epilogue, the last crossing.

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xi, 447 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Publisher
Crown Publishers 2003
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Peninsula Community Library 364.15 LAR in Adult Reshelving
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