The Devil in the White City : Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson

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2004-02-10 Paperback Very Good Soft cover, minimal shelf wear, clean text, tight binding, slight crease to center of front cover, some annotations to last page of book ("books also by author" page)

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PAPERBACK Very Good 0375725601 some minor dog-earing, otherwise in great condition--clean pages, unbroken spine.

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xi, 447 pp., illus., maps, biblio., index; 21 cm. Tight, clean text. Previous owner's name/flyleaf, otherwise unmarked. Appears unread. "Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America's rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair's brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country's most important structures, including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington, D.C. The murderer was Henry H. Holmes, a young doctor who, in a malign parody of the White City, built his - World's Fair Hotel - just west of the fairgrounds - a torture palace complete with dissection table, gas chamber, and 3,000-degree crematorium. Burnham overcame tremendous obstacles and tragedies as he organized the talents of Frederick Law Olmsted, Charles McKim, Louis Sullivan, and others to transform swampy Jackson Park into the White City, while Holmes used the attraction of the great fair and his own satanic charms to lure scores of young women to their deaths. What makes the story all the more chilling is that Holmes really lived, walking the grounds of that dream city by the lake. The Devil in the White City draws the reader into a time of magic and majesty, made all the more appealing by a supporting cast of real-life characters, including Buffalo Bill, Theodore Dreiser, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Edison, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and others. In this book the smoke, romance, and mystery of the Gilded Age come alive as never before. Erik Larson's gifts as a storyteller are magnificently displayed in this rich narrative of the master builder, the killer, and the great fair that obsessed them both. / Erik Larson lives in Seattle with his wife, three daughters, a Chinese fighting fish, a dwarf hamster, and a golden retriever named Molly." - Publisher.

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Very good In great condition, a nice copy!

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This book is in excellent condition with tight solid pages and binding, pages are clean and bright. No names, no marks, no stickers. Very light edge wear. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery! Careful packaging and fast shipping.

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*Binding is tight and square. Text is clean, bright and unmarked. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery!

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New York 2003 Trade Paperback Very Good History Minor/lite damage on bottom edge. Text is clean and unmarked.

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2004 Trade paperback Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Clean inside out, tight binding, very good cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 464 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.

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2004 Trade paperback Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Clean inside out, tight binding, very good cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 464 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.

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