The Devil in the White CityThe Devil in the White City

"The true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. Architect Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fairs brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the countrys most important structures, overcame tremendous obstacles and tragedies as he transformed swampy Jackson Park into the White City. Henry H. Holmes, a young doctor who, in a malign parody of the White City, built his zWorlds Fair Hotely just west of the fairgroundsa torture palace complete with dissection table, gas chamber, and 3,000-degree crematorium. Holmes used the attraction of the great fair and his own satanic charms to lure scores of young women to their deaths. Erik Larsons 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."--