The devil in the white city : murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America Erik Larson.

By: Larson, ErikMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Crown Publishers, c2003Edition: 1st edDescription: xi, 447 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN: 0609608444 (hardcover); 0375725601 (pbk)Subject(s): Mudgett, Herman W., 1861-1896DDC classification: 364.15/23/0977311 LOC classification: HV6248.M8 | L37 2003
Contents:
Evils imminent -- Prologue, aboard the Olympic -- Frozen music -- An awful fight -- In the white city -- Cruelty revealed -- Epilogue, the last crossing.
Summary: A vivid account of the tragedies and triumphs of the 1893 World{237}s Columbian Exposition in Chicago and the concurrent depravities of America{237}s first serial killer.
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Trade paperback issued by Vintage, 2004.

Map on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [425]-429) and index.

Evils imminent -- Prologue, aboard the Olympic -- Frozen music -- An awful fight -- In the white city -- Cruelty revealed -- Epilogue, the last crossing.

A vivid account of the tragedies and triumphs of the 1893 World{237}s Columbian Exposition in Chicago and the concurrent depravities of America{237}s first serial killer.

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