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

by Larson, Erik, 1954-

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Detroit, Mich. : Large Print Press, 2013, ©2003.

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.

9781594136245 (large print : pbk.)

689 pages (large print) ; 22 cm

Large print ed.

Evils imminent (a note) -- Prologue: aboard the Olympic -- Frozen music -- An awful fight -- In the white city -- Cruelty revealed -- Epilogue: the last crossing.

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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