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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America Paperback – February 10, 2004

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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile comes the true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death. 

“As absorbing a piece of popular history as one will ever hope to find.” —San Francisco Chronicle

Combining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted a narrative with all the wonder of newly discovered history and the thrills of the best fiction.

Two 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. 

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. What makes the story all the more chilling is that Holmes really lived, walking the grounds of that dream city by the lake.

The Devil in the White City draws the reader into the enchantment of the Guilded Age, 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.
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Customers find the plot suspenseful and seamless, with primary source material weaving everything together. They also describe the characters as rich and interesting, with important historical icons. Readers describe the historical setting as interesting and dedicated. They praise the author as terrific and captures their attention immediately. They mention the book is written with beautiful attention to physical detail. Opinions are mixed on the reading pace, with some finding it perfect and others saying it's strange at times. Customers also differ on the entertainment value, with others finding it extremely entertaining and informative, while others find it boring and tedious.

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1,566 customers mention "Historical setting"1,534 positive32 negative

Customers find the historical setting interesting, well-researched, and compellingly presented. They also appreciate the rich vocabulary, subtle, nuanced psychological portraits, and inspirational, transformative reading. Customers also mention that the book provides a sense of purpose and community that is sorely lacking in projects.

"...beautiful attention to physical detail and with the subtle and nuanced psychological portraits usually found in really fine fiction." Read more

"...on the construction of the Columbia Exposition are filled with fascinating anecdotes, ranging from the origins of the sobriquet "windy city..." Read more

"...class because the book is replete with literary devices and rich vocabulary. There is lots of foreshadowing, metaphors, and similes...." Read more

"...I've never been "into" architecture, but this book was fascinating on the subject...." Read more

1,099 customers mention "Readability"789 positive310 negative

Customers find the book well-researched, compelling, and easy to read. They also say the book does a wonderful job of painting life in Chicago in a historical context. Readers also mention that the setting of the fair is vivid and the book is as easy to place them in the historical context as fiction.

"...In The White City" you get two great tales, written with beautiful attention to physical detail and with the subtle and nuanced psychological..." Read more

"...He paints a compelling portrait of Fredrick Law Olmstead, American History's premier landscape architect who took up the almost impossible task of..." Read more

"...But at the same time, many details feel missing. We are constantly reading about the delays and cost overruns facing the fair's construction...." Read more

"...Second, the writing is top notch; it would have to be to keep my attention over what would normally seem like dull material to me...." Read more

557 customers mention "Plot"425 positive132 negative

Customers find the plot compelling, suspenseful, and fascinating. They also say the book takes them on a long journey, filled with mystery and murder. Readers describe the book as moving, inspiring, and endlessly interesting. They mention the prose is full and robust, enhanced with delightful metaphors.

"...several major themes and a few minor ones and he succeeds in meshing everything together seamlessly...." Read more

"...history, Mr. Larson's prose is full and robust, enhanced with delightful metaphor, e.g., "his courtship of the finest wines and food;" "the heat..." Read more

"...The chapters flow smoothly between the two story lines and it never felt choppy. Once into the book, I had a hard time putting it down...." Read more

"...The Holmes narractive appears a bit lackluster in comparison to the story of the Fair's construction...." Read more

118 customers mention "Characters"92 positive26 negative

Customers find the book rich with characters and historical facts. They also say the author is skilled at depicting historical figures and painting a picture. They mention that many of the names are very familiar, which keeps their interest going.

"...Larson is skilled at depicting the historical figures he writes about, while also painting a picture of the sights of the World’s Fair...." Read more

"...There are however some good mentions of historical figures that I enjoyed, including Tesla, Eiffel, Twain, and Walt Disney's Father Elias who all..." Read more

"...The cast of characters so brilliantly drawn by Larsen's nearly over-the-top prose include the dozens of architects and engineers driven to complete..." Read more

"...thing to know going into the story is that it will jump from a few different character storylines as you read and then at the end you better..." Read more

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Customers find the author terrific, wonderful, and readable. They also say he creates an eminently readable story.

"...as well as a riveting read would do well to subscribe to this wonderful author. The characters and the prose leap off the pages." Read more

"...What I like is that it's a non-fiction book with a great author writing as though it's fiction...." Read more

"This is an extremely well-written journalistic history of Chicago during their World's Fair of the late nineteenth century...." Read more

"...Larson is a fine writer and I read Isaacs Storm years ago and was impressed with his writing...." Read more

344 customers mention "Entertainment value"160 positive184 negative

Customers are mixed about the entertainment value of the book. Some mention it's extremely entertaining and informative, while others say it'll bore you.

"...I get it. That's a problem, a lot here is boring, it's just boring in different ways for different folks...." Read more

"...the author weaves this sprawling narrative with compelling and compulsive chapters—each one short and episodic so that the reader falls under the..." Read more

"...no one is sure of the exact figure.I felt these parts of the book were less interesting, which is surprising considering the lunacy that Holmes..." Read more

"...I enjoyed the weaving of the two storylines. It held my interest throughout and I learned a lot! I’m going to read more about the Fair." Read more

177 customers mention "Reading pace"55 positive122 negative

Customers are mixed about the reading pace. Some mention that the pace is perfect, moving along well, and gripping, while others say that it's strange at times and the accounts seem rushed.

"...the end when Dr. Holmes is close to being captured, the story progresses very quickly...." Read more

"...The book started off slow and bored me with all of the history it talked about...." Read more

"...The chapters flow smoothly between the two story lines and it never felt choppy. Once into the book, I had a hard time putting it down...." Read more

"Moves very slow. Was torture to finish it...." Read more

58 customers mention "Book length"10 positive48 negative

Customers find the book length a little long, with a dry and long-winded style. They also say the book contains far too many small, unnecessary details and is a slow read with words printed on the small side.

"...but it was kind of long and could get boring in places...." Read more

"...It's a little long in the beginning, slow to get started unless you are an architecture junky- about mid way through it really takes off...." Read more

"...But Larson's masterpiece is written in an unfortunately dry and long winded style, which detracts from the stories he means to tell, and thus, from..." Read more

"...Holmes is better for sure but the time dedicated to the killer is too small and mainly serves as a break from fair preparation description...." Read more

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This book was great! I wasn't as familiar with the World's Fair of 1893, so I was not sure if I could follow the storyline at first. It was an interesting read nevertheless. The book covers a lot of interesting tid-bits and factoids of American history, but what is even more interesting is the storyline of H. H. Homes - the serial-killer. I couldn't put this book down! It was suspenseful, and tastefully written. The only thing to know going into the story is that it will jump from a few different character storylines as you read and then at the end you better understand how and why it is written that way! It is definitely worth reading.
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Bruce Loveitt
5.0 out of 5 stars A Beautifully Constructed Patchwork
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If you read "Isaac's Storm," you have some idea of Mr. Larson's writing ability. Still, that book did not prepare me for this experience. With "The Devil In The White City" the author has moved the bar up a notch. He has several major themes and a few minor ones and he succeeds in meshing everything together seamlessly. First, we have the story of the Chicago World's Fair of 1893. Mr. Larson gives us the background, explaining the competition between various American cities that lobbied Congress for the right to hold the fair. New York, Chicago, Washington D.C. and St. Louis all wanted the fair. (The pressure was on to outdo the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1889.) The "upper-crust" of Chicago was especially anxious to prove to New York City that Chicago was much more than a place where animals were slaughtered and butchered. They wanted to demonstrate that Chicago had "class" and culture. Once Chicago won the competition to hold the fair, the race was on to design something spectacular and to get it built by the deadline that had been set. Mr. Larson introduces us to Daniel Burnham, the fair's director of works, and brings us into the offices of Burnham and the other architects and details the difficulties involved in getting such a diverse group of people, some with very large egos, to cooperate with one another. The author provides crisp character studies of Burnham, his partner John Root, Louis Sullivan and other famous architects, as well as Frederick Law Olmsted, who was eventually convinced to come on-board, despite being around 70 years old, to do the landscape architecture. Mr. Larson explains the physical details of putting the fair together and the bureaucratic jungle that Burnham had to hack his way through in order to accomplish his goal. The author tells us about some of the products that were introduced or popularized at the fair, such as Juicy Fruit gum, Cracker Jack, Aunt Jemima's pancake mix and Shredded Wheat ("shredded doormat, some called it). One of the many things Burnham had to worry about was to come up with something to "out-Eiffel, Eiffel" as Gustave Eiffel's tower had amazed the world when it was "unveiled" in Paris in 1889. Mr. Larson has a lot of fun with some of the crackpot ideas that were suggested to Burnham....one of which was to build a complex set of towers-within-towers, which could be telescoped to expand and contract at will. The inventor suggested putting a restaurant at the top but, Mr. Larson writes, "... possibly a bordello would have been more apt." As you can see, the story of the fair could easily have been a subject for an entire book, but Mr. Larson chose to also tell the story of Henry Holmes, the charming serial killer who operated just outside the confines of the fair. Details of his background are provided, and we are brought deep into his hellish world and are shown how he enchanted, killed and disposed of his victims...who were usually young women, but also included small children. Holmes had big, blue eyes and when talking to women he would always maintain eye contact and appear to be fascinated by what they were telling him. He would establish intimacy by touching them on the arm. But he also had a personality that could win over men, as well as women. He was cultured and soft-spoken and never lost his temper, even when under extreme pressure. He was a gifted liar. In addition to his "skills" as a killer, he was able to buy things without paying for them....managing to put creditors off for months and years because they not only believed his lies, but also just couldn't help liking him. Again, Mr. Larson manages to flesh out this portion of the book by bringing some of Holmes's victims to life for us...they are more than just caricatures. The author did a lot of legwork and dug deeply into the primary sources. Extracts from numerous personal letters are provided and people who were later interviewed by newspaper reporters and detectives are quoted. This brings such an intensity to the book that we are happy to have the story of the fair in counterpoint. We are allowed to "come up for air" in alternating chapters. Too much of Holmes at one time would be too much to handle. Finally, if you read "Isaac's Storm" you know that Mr. Larson has a true storyteller's gift. His prose is richly descriptive. One of my favorite sections in the book is where Mr. Larson writes about a meeting of architects in an office building known as the Rookery: "As the light began to fade, the architects lit the library's gas jets, which hissed like mildly perturbed cats. From the street below, the top floor of the Rookery seemed aflame with the shifting light of the jets and the fire in the great hearth." I love the imagery, and the use of the word "mildly" is a great touch. With "The Devil In The White City" you get two great tales, written with beautiful attention to physical detail and with the subtle and nuanced psychological portraits usually found in really fine fiction.
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Bruce Kendall
4.0 out of 5 stars An Entertaining and Informative Read
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2004
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Erik Larson does a bang-up job of conveying what life must have been like in the "Second City" as the 19th century drew to its fitful conclusion. Bristling at the constant reminder of New York City's superiority in so many areas, Chicago's city fathers rallied the troops and went all out in proving to New Yorkers, to the nation and to the world that Chicago was equal to the great challenge of mounting a World Exposition of truly monumental stature. Larson's descriptions of the Herculean effort put forth by numerous architects, builders, politicians, etc. lead the reader to a true appreciation of these "can do," spirited individuals.
Yet beneath the teeming activity and a short distance away from the gleaming white Pleasure Palaces of the Fair, there stood a building of a different sort entirely, inhabited by one of the most vicious, truly evil creatures the young nation ever produced. Larson does an adequate, but not great job of telling the darker story surrounding H H Holmes, the mesmeric Svengali whose brilliant blue eyes and engaging charm seduced at least a score (one estimate was up to 200, which the author disputes) unfortunate women. Unlike Jack the Ripper, to whom he was later likened, he didn't limit himself to female victims. Business partners who had outworn their usefulness and several children were amongst his prey, as well. He just had a penchant for murder.
The sections on the construction of the Columbia Exposition are filled with fascinating anecdotes, ranging from the origins of the sobriquet "windy city (derisively coined by Charles Anderson Dana, Editor of The New York Sun)" to the dramatic entrance of Annie Oakley, barreling in on horseback and blazing away with her two six-shooters in Buffalo Bill Cody's Western Show adjacent to the Fair Grounds. Larson also provides an interesting side story surrounding Patrick Predergast, a delusional political aspirant who turns assassin. He paints a compelling portrait of Fredrick Law Olmstead, American History's premier landscape architect who took up the almost impossible task of designing and overseeing the Exposition's parks and lagoons. The hero of the book, however, is Daniel Hudson Burnham, who was ultimately responsible for the lion's share of the planning, construction and smooth running of the entire enterprise. He had a little over two years from the time Congress selected Chicago from a list of candidate cities that included Saint Louis and New York, to the day of the Expo's official opening. That he got the job done within the alloted time is one of the great marvels in an age of marvels, especially given the myriad difficulties which he and his crew had to overcome.
The Holmes narractive appears a bit lackluster in comparison to the story of the Fair's construction. Larson acknowledges the difficulty he faced in recreating Holmes' vicious crimes via imaginary vignettes. He states in an afterword that he went back and read Capote's IN COLD BLOOD for the technique in which Capote so brilliantly engaged in his imaginative reconstruction of events. The only problem with this approach is that Capote had access to and the confidence of the two killers that are at the center of IN COLD BLOOD. Larson had only newspaper accounts from the period as well as a very unreliable journal that Holmes wrote after he was tried and sentenced to death (he was hanged several months after the trial). It would appear that Larson goes a bit too far out of his way to avoid the lurid and sensationalitic aspects of Holmes' killing spree. One has only to visit some of the numerous web sites devoted to Holmes to see that Larson is particularly reticent to discuss Holmes' sexual deviance. This is understandable, as Larson wants to be taken seriously as an historian, yet the facts are out there (most of them well documented) so it wouldn't have hurt to have included a bit more of the darker details. The book could also have used more illustrations. The Chicago Tribune, at the time the story first broke in 1894, included a detailed floor plan of the "Chamber of Horrors" Holmes built on the corner of Sixty-Third and Wallace in the Englewood section of Chicago. That illustration would have given the reader a better sense of the bizarre layout of the structure. More pictures of the Exposition would have also been helpful. Here again, there are several sites on the web devoted to the Columbia Exposition that have many pages of great photographs.
The books virtues far outweigh its shortcomings and I have no problem in recommending THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY to anyone interested in US History, Chicago Architecture, or just a well told story.
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Kate
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Informative
Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2024
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The topic of the Chicago World's Fair came up when a friend posited that the buildings used for the fair were not new, but were already there, left over from a previous civilization. I found this preposterous and hoped to find some information about the actual process used in raising these buildings. There was some information about this, but less than I hoped for. Also, I could have done with less about the serial killer. I much prefer fictional murderers even to long-dead real ones.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Devil in the White City
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Being from Chicago , was very interested in learning about this famous World Fair
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This is an exceedingly well written and engrossing account of two dramas, running parallel to each other in time and place and in alternating chapters of the book, depicting the creation and realization of the Chicago Colombian Exposition of 1893, with all its artistic, political, technical, and financial challenges, and the activities of a serial killer operating on its borders.
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Es una obra maestra tejida como un enorme tapiz.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Buen libro
Reviewed in Mexico on December 21, 2018
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Muy bien libro y todo bien con el envío.
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