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

Larson, Erik

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0375725601 ISBN 13: 9780375725609

Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2004

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Críticas

"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

Reseña del editor

A compelling account of the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 brings together the divergent stories of two very different men who played a key role in shaping the history of the event--visionary architect Daniel H. Burnham, who coordinated its construction, and Dr. Henry H. Holmes, an insatiable and charming serial killer who lured women to their deaths. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 250,000 first printing.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0375725601
• ISBN 13: 9780375725609
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 464