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@tinybookbug Me, after taking the day off for a mental health break and not only taking pictures of books but also reading them: am I... Better than everyone else? I'm one of those white girls who starts thriving the second I see one yellow leaf. Literally on Sept. 1 this year I got a pumpkin coffee and went nuts in Target's fall decor section. I've not had the best mental health since school started again, but something flipped in me after just taking time for myself that day. I was inspired to take today off and just sit at home in comfy clothes and relax. ANYWAYS The Devil in the White City is about serial killer H. H. Holmes. If you're a true crime fan, you should definitely check this book out!
@aricoraima ✨I first heard about this book while taking an architecture boat tour around Chicago with owlbejazz and it’s been on my reading list ever since! ✨When I say this book was incredible I mean it! It was such a thorough read about the 1893 World’s Fair and H.H. Holmes, who is often described as the first modern serial killer. ✨On top of being a great read for those who love crime, it was a National Book Award Finalist. 10/10 recommend. . . . . . . . #bookreview #bookstagramfeature #bookstagram #ilovebooks #bookrecommendation #booklife #booksofinstagram #igreads #bookclub #bookish #bookreviews #book #instabook #booksofig #bookcommunity #read #bookoftheday #igbooks #readingbooks #bookblogger #booklove #bookstore #bookofthemonth #botm #booknerd
The Devil in the White City (Reprint) (Paperback) by Erik Larson
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The story of two men's obsessions with the Chicago World's Fair, one its architect, the other a murderer. "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.Book Synopsis
This New York Times bestseller intertwines the true tale of the 1893 World's Fair and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their death. Combining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted a narrative with all the wonder of newly discovered history and the thrills of the best fiction.
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. 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.Review Quotes
"Engrossing . . . exceedingly well documented . . . utterly fascinating." -- Chicago Tribune "A dynamic, enveloping book. . . . Relentlessly fuses history and entertainment to give this nonfiction book the dramatic effect of a novel. . . . It doesn't hurt that this truth is stranger than fiction." -- The New York Times So good, you find yourself asking how you could not know this already. -- Esquire "Another successful exploration of American history. . . . Larson skillfully balances the grisly details with the far-reaching implications of the World's Fair." -- USA Today "As absorbing a piece of popular history as one will ever hope to find." -- San Francisco Chronicle "Paints a dazzling picture of the Gilded Age and prefigure the American century to come." -- Entertainment Weekly "A wonderfully unexpected book. . . Larson is a historian . . . with a novelist's soul." -- Chicago Sun-TimesAbout The Author
ERIK LARSON is the author of four national bestsellers: In the Garden of Beasts, Thunderstruck, The Devil in the White City, and Isaac's Storm, which have collectively sold more than 5.5 million copies. His magazine stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's and other publications and his books have been published in fourteen countries.Additional product information and recommendations
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