Record Number |
831723 |
ISBN |
9781409044604 (Overdrive: electronic bk.) |
Author |
Larson, Erik, 1954- author. |
Title |
The devil in the White City : murder, magic and madness at the fair that changed America [electronic resource] / Erik Larson. |
Publisher/Date |
London : Bantam Books, 2004. |
Pagination etc. |
1 online resource. |
Contents note |
Originally published: London: Doubleday, 2003. |
Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary Note |
This is the story of the men and women whose lives were irrevocably changed by the Chicago World Fair, and of two men in particular: an architect and a serial killer. Spicing the narrative are the stories of a cast of historical characters including Buffalo Bill, Scott Joplin and Theodore Dreiser. |
Subject - Name |
Mudgett, Herman W., -- 1861-1896 |
Subject |
World's Columbian Exposition -- (1893 : -- Chicago, Ill.) |
Serial murderers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography |
Murder -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century |
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century |
Electronic books. |
Internet Site |
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