The devil in the white city : murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America Erik Larson.
Publication details: London : Doubleday, c2003.Description: xi, 447 p. :ill. ;25 cmISBN:- 038560271
- 364.15/23/0977311
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| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 364.1523 LAR | Available | 09188 |
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Evils imminent -- Prologue, aboard the Olympic (1912) -- Frozen music (Chicago, 1890-1891) -- An awful fight -- In the white city -- Cruelty revealed (1894-5) Property of H.H. Holmes -- Epilogue, the last crossing. Compelling account of the Chicago World's Fair of 1893. Brings together the story of two different men - one a visionary architect, the other an insatiable and charming serial killer.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-429) and index.
