Holmes was most assuredly the stuff nightmares are made of!! He got away with so much, for such a long time, it was hard to take it all in!! Times were so different back then too- which made it easier for Holmes to con a more trusting public. The architecture, all the vivid details, the people behind the scenes, and the influx of people into the city was just incredible.īut evil was lurking in the background and the fair turned out to be the perfect environment for a serial killer- H.
Larson had me in the palm of his hand and despite my penchant for True Crime, it was the planning and execution of the magnificent World Fair that takes center stage. Anyone who feels history or nonfiction is too dry should give this book a try! The book reads like a novel, which, as we know, is an approach many True Crime authors have mastered, but is a bit harder to pull off when writing about history. Larson is quite something, isn’t he? The research is, of course, phenomenal, but it’s the way he makes history come to life that kept me turning those pages. It's a horrifying story, but also a fascinating one. Holmes, but it's much more that- it's also about a time, a place, a huge event in history, and those who brought it all together.
To be clear, this is a true crime book about H. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson is a 2003 publication. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson He devised and erected the World's Fair Hotel, complete with crematorium and gas chamber, near the fairgrounds and used the event as well as his own charismatic personality to lure victims.
Holmes, who is believed to be responsible for scores of murders around the time of the fair, are equally remarkable. His efforts to complete the project, and the fair's incredible success, are skillfully related along with entertaining appearances by such notables as Buffalo Bill Cody, Susan B. In a short period of time, he was forced to overcome the death of his partner and numerous other obstacles to construct the famous "White City" around which the fair was built.
Holmes, a serial killer masquerading as a charming doctor.īurnham's challenge was immense. Burnham, the architect responsible for the fair's construction, and H.H. Larson tells the stories of two men: Daniel H. Author Erik Larson imbues the incredible events surrounding the 1893 Chicago World's Fair with such drama that readers may find themselves checking the book's categorization to be sure that 'The Devil in the White City' is not, in fact, a highly imaginative novel.
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