The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America - Softcover

Larson, Erik

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1594136246 ISBN 13: 9781594136245

Publisher: Large Print Press, 2013

Synopsis

Erik Larson, author of #1 bestseller In the Garden of Beasts, 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 deaths. 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.

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Review:

-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-Times


"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-Times

Book Description:

Chicago, 1893. One man built a heaven on earth. Another built hell beside it...

About this edition

• Publisher: Large Print Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1594136246
• ISBN 13: 9781594136245
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 689