The Devil in the White City

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. In this audiobook 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.To find out more about this audiobook, go to DevilInTheWhiteCity.. Anthony, Thomas Edison, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and others. 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. Holmes, a young doctor who, in a malign parody of the White City, built his “World’s Fair Hotel” just

Peter S. Bradley said Come for the serial killer; stay for the fair.. Come for the serial killer, stay for the fair.I will be absolutely honest and admit that I purchased the book because I was interested in the weird story of H.H.Holmes, American con-man, psychopath and serial killer. In fact, I will add to my confession, and shame, by saying that my interest was sparked by watching the episode of Timeless - a series unlikely to be renewed - where our trio of intrepid time-travelers goes back to the 189Come for the serial killer; stay for the fair. Come for the serial killer, stay for the fair.I will be absolutely honest and admit that I purchased the book because I was interested in the weird story of H.H.Holmes, American con-man, psychopath and serial killer. In fact, I will add to my confession, and shame, by saying that my interest was sparked by watching the episode of Timeless - a series unlikely to be renewed - where our trio of intrepid time-travelers goes back to the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition and have a misadventure in the "murder castle." I've never read anything by . Chicago Columbian Exposition and have a misadventure in the "murder castle." I've never read anything by . Not exactly what I expected but still a good read. I probably should have read the description a little more closely. I thought this book would cover the World's Fair and H.H. Holmes in equal amounts. It does not. I will admit, the author thoroughly researched both topics, but it was clear to me his focus was on the architecture of the World's Fair. He is very detailed, but sometime it was almost too much detail. I am admittedly more interested in H.H. Holmes than architecture so that has something to do with my review.If you are reading this because you want to hear about H.H. Holmes, you . A Worlds Fair and Murder in Chicago This book is a detailed history of building of the Worlds Fair in Chicago in 1893 and the story of serial killer. The author explains how many of the great builders of American cities came together to build worlds fair in a large and growing city. It is a story of How many new inventions and ideas were introduced to the country before the turn of the century. The fair was a great undertaking that tested the will of the builders as they strove to exceed expectations. The story of the fair is told along with the knowledge that a serial killer

Holmes, a serial killer masquerading as a charming doctor. He devised and erected the World's Fair Hotel, complete with crematorium and gas chamber, near the fairgrounds and used the event as well as his own charismatic personality to lure victims. Combining the stories of an architect and a killer in one book, mostly in alternating chapters, seems like an odd choice but it works. In a short period of time, he was forced to overcome the death of his partner and numerous other obstacles to construct the famous "White City" around which the fair was built. Burnham's