The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America - by Erik Larson
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Chicago's World Fair of 1893 boasted the best of American ingenuity--the first Ferris Wheel, the introduction of the zipper--as well as the worst, for as crowds gathered on the fairgrounds, a charismatic serial killer preyed on innocents in a specially constructed complex nearby. The stories of the two men who shaped the way this historic event would be remembered--architect Daniel Burnham, who coordinated the construction of the White City, and serial killer Herman Mudgett, who exploited it--are shared in this "compelling and aptly claustrophobic" (Publishers Weekly) book, which also draws an illuminating picture of America at the turn of the century.
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