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The devil in the white city [electronic resource] : murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America / Erik Larson.

By:

Larson, Erik

Contributor(s):

ebrary, Inc

Publication details: New York : Vintage, c2004.Edition: 1st Vintage Books edDescription: xiv, 447 p. : illSubject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

DDC classification:

364.15/23/0977311 21

LOC classification:

HV6248.M8 L37 2004eb

Online resources:

An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Contents:

Evils imminent -- Prologue, aboard the Olympic (1912) -- Frozen music (Chicago, 1890-1891) -- An awful fight -- In the white city -- Cruelty revealed (1894-5) Property of H.H. Holmes -- Epilogue, the last crossing.

Awards:

Edgar Allan Poe Award, best fact crime, 2004

Summary: While Daniel H. Burnham builds the glittering 1893 Chicago World's Fair, a serial killer lures young women to a torture chamber.

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Holdings: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10056652

Maps on lining pages and added title page.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

While Daniel H. Burnham builds the glittering 1893 Chicago World's Fair, a serial killer lures young women to a torture chamber.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

Edgar Allan Poe Award, best fact crime, 2004

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