Book Review
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- Erik Larson
- Vintage Books
- 2004
- ★★★★★
A fascinating look at the emergence of Chicago in the late nineteenth century. Larson seamlessly weaves two otherwise unrelated storylines–the struggle to build the 1893 Columbian Exposition and a disturbing true crime story of serial murder.
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