Devil in the White City
Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Riding high on my recently acquired love for 19th century Americana, I got this book from the library because I started reading it at a nanny job (sitting on someone's shelf), and got engrossed in it. The World's Fair in Chicago in 1893 was hastily put together, but quickly lauded by its townspeople. It was a mish-mash, but somehow came together. The number of still recognizeable things that debuted at the fair, and the amazing list of people who built it, invented things for it, visited it is tremendous.
Underneath the outline of the fair, Larson introduces a truly horrible creature who built a hotel for the fair in hopes of luring impressionable young women to kill. The number of women he actually killed will never be known, but they know he killed at least 9 people. The amazing part is that they were actually able to convict him of the crimes. He was intelligent, charming, and nearly got away with murder.
Riding high on my recently acquired love for 19th century Americana, I got this book from the library because I started reading it at a nanny job (sitting on someone's shelf), and got engrossed in it. The World's Fair in Chicago in 1893 was hastily put together, but quickly lauded by its townspeople. It was a mish-mash, but somehow came together. The number of still recognizeable things that debuted at the fair, and the amazing list of people who built it, invented things for it, visited it is tremendous.
Underneath the outline of the fair, Larson introduces a truly horrible creature who built a hotel for the fair in hopes of luring impressionable young women to kill. The number of women he actually killed will never be known, but they know he killed at least 9 people. The amazing part is that they were actually able to convict him of the crimes. He was intelligent, charming, and nearly got away with murder.
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