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    Summary and Analysis of The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America: Based on the Book by Erik Larson
    Summary and Analysis of The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America: Based on the Book by Erik Larson
    Summary and Analysis of The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America: Based on the Book by Erik Larson
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    Summary and Analysis of The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America: Based on the Book by Erik Larson

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    So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Devil in the White City tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Erik Larsons book.

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    About The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson:
     
    The Devil in the White City is the electrifying true story of the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago—and the serial killer who used it as his hunting ground.
     
    Meticulously researched and brimming with fascinating historical details, Larson’s bestselling book is a powerful amalgam of historical narrative and a true crime thriller.
     
    The summary and analysis in this ebook are intended to complement your reading experience and bring you closer to a great work of nonfiction.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateFeb 21, 2017
    ISBN9781504044226
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      Summary and Analysis of

      The Devil in the White City

      Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

      Based on the Book by Erik Larson

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      The summary and analysis in this ebook are meant to complement your reading experience and bring you closer to a great work of nonfiction. This ebook is not intended as a substitute for the work that it summarizes and analyzes, and it is not authorized, approved, licensed, or endorsed by the work’s author or publisher. Worth Books makes no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this ebook.

      Contents

      Context

      Overview

      Summary

      Timeline

      Cast of Characters

      Direct Quotes and Analysis

      Trivia

      Critical Response

      About Erik Larson

      For Your Information

      Bibliography

      Copyright

      Context

      While much has been written about the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893, also known as the World’s Columbian Exposition, little has been published in modern times about the serial killer who lurked at its fringes. The Devil in the White City is the first book to juxtapose the architectural splendor and tribulation of the fair’s construction with the horrific crimes and machinations of a man calling himself Dr. H. H. Holmes.

      On the heels of Jack the Ripper came Dr. H. H. Holmes, the prototype of the urban serial killer. Not only was he the first known serial killer in America, he became one of the most prolific murderers in history. That Daniel H. Burnham, the architect overseeing the fair’s construction, was able to pull off such a momentous feat of engineering and organization in less than two years is a compelling story in and of itself. However, when we see, side-by-side with Burnham’s journey, how a sociopath used the fair to feed his murderous predilections, both stories come to life as the yin and yang of light and darkness.

      Overview

      At the end of the nineteenth century, Chicago was a city of stockyards and smoke, impoverished citizens living cheek-to-jowl with the barons of industry, the height of the Gilded Age. It was a city yearning to make a name for itself on the world stage, to claim some respect on the world stage, like New York and Paris. In 1891, Chicago secured approval from Congress to host the 1893 World’s Fair, to be called the World Columbian Exposition in honor of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s discovery of the New World.

      Daniel H. Burnham, a hard-working young architect, became the man who would bring an unbelievably ambitious project to beautiful, vibrant life. Working with the most respected architects of his age, from all over the

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