{"product_id":"the-devil-in-the-white-city-murder-magic-and-madness-at-the-fair-that-changed-america-9780609608449","title":"The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Devil in the White City, \u003c\/i\u003ethe smoke, romance, and mystery of the Gilded Age come alive as never before.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America's rush toward the twentieth century. 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. The murderer was Henry H. Holmes, a young doctor who, in a malign parody of the White City, built his \"World's Fair Hotel\" just west of the fairgrounds--a torture palace complete with dissection table, gas chamber, and 3,000-degree crematorium. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBurnham 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. What makes the story all the more chilling is that Holmes really lived, walking the grounds of that dream city by the lake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Devil in the White City\u003c\/i\u003e draws the reader into a time of magic and majesty, made all the more appealing by a supporting cast of real-life characters, including Buffalo Bill, Theodore Dreiser, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Edison, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and others. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To find out more about this book, go to http: \/\/www.DevilInTheWhiteCity.com.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/11\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780609608449\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.54h x 6.46w x 1.43d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Book Sense Book of the Year Award - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Washington State Book Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2002 pg. 1676\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/16\/2002 pg. 57\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2003 pg. 133\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/10\/2003 pg. 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2003 pg. 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2003 pg. 1022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooksense '76 Mar\/Apr 2003\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2003 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/28\/2003 pg. 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/10\/2003 pg. 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/09\/2003 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/26\/2003 pg. 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist Editors Choice\/Adult\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2004 pg. 775\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLJ Best Books of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2004 pg. 49\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/13\/2015 pg. 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e106685 \/ Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.2 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 23\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Erik Larson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36639341838492,"sku":"9780609608449","price":27.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3e66f7b7-a589-49fa-ac62-432355b0f878.jpg?v=1603849529","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-devil-in-the-white-city-murder-magic-and-madness-at-the-fair-that-changed-america-9780609608449","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}