The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
(Hardback, Large Print Edition)
Available Formats
Paperback
Published: 1st June 2004
Hardback, Large Print Edition
Published: 15th February 2013
Paperback, Large Print Edition
Published: 26th February 2013
Publishing Details
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
By (Author) Erik Larson
Thorndike Press
Thorndike Press
15th February 2013
Large Print Edition
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
True crime
History of the Americas
Physical Properties
Hardback
691
Width 142mm, Height 218mm
Description
A New York Times Bestseller
Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime
A Library Journal Best Book of the Year
Two men‚ each handsome and unusually adept at his work‚ embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America’s rush toward the twentieth century. Daniel Hudson Burnham‚ a renowned architect‚ was the brilliant director of works for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Henry H. Holmes‚ a young doctor‚ was the satanic murderer of scores of young women in a torture palace built for the purpose near the fairgrounds.
