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

Murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America (portion title)
Larson, Erik, 1954- (author.).

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An account of the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 relates the stories of two men who shaped the history of the event--architect Daniel H. Burnham, who coordinated its construction, and serial killer Herman Mudgett.

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  • ISBN: 9780375725609
  • ISBN: 0375725601
  • ISBN: 9780329579296
  • ISBN: 0329579290
  • ISBN: 9781606862186
  • ISBN: 1606862189
  • Physical Description: xi, 447 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First Vintage books edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 2004.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-429) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Evils imminent (a note) -- Prologue : Aboard the Olympic -- Frozen music -- An awful fight -- In the white city -- Cruelty revealed -- Epilogue : The last crossing.

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Subject:
Mudgett, Herman W., 1861-1896.
Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912.
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Serial murderers > Illinois > Chicago > Biography.
Serial murders > Illinois > Chicago > Case studies.
Genre:
Biographies.
Case studies.

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