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Bender family Burnham, Daniel Hudson 1846-1912 Frontier and pioneer life Frontier and pioneer life Kansas Kansas History 19th century Kansas Labette County Mudgett, Herman W 1861-1896 Serial murderers Serial murderers Kansas Labette County History 19th century SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / GeneralFilter By Subjects
Bender family Burnham, Daniel Hudson 1846-1912 Frontier and pioneer life Frontier and pioneer life Kansas Kansas History 19th century Kansas Labette County Mudgett, Herman W 1861-1896 Serial murderers Serial murderers Kansas Labette County History 19th century SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / GeneralLarson, Erik
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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Large Print Press (Gale, Cengage Learning) 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP 364.152 LARJonusas, Susan
Summary: "In 1873 the people of Labette County in Kansas made a grisly discovery. Buried on a homestead seven miles south of the town of Cherryvale, in a bloodied cellar and under frost-covered soil, were countless bodies in varying states of decay. The discovery sent the local community and national newspapers into a frenzy that continued for over two decades, and the land on which the crimes took...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022