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thatwordnerd: Both books tell a true story, with a multitude of sources, but are written in a way that makes the reader feel as if it is almost fiction. The reader (see more) is not hit over the head with facts and is able to get sucked into the story and the era.
BookshelfMonstrosity: Offering rich details of Savannah in the 1980s (Midnight in the Garden) and Chicago in the 1890s (Devil in the White City), these well-researched and dramatic recreations of terrible crimes are equally compelling, despite differences in time period and location.… (mer)
CarlT: Though AMERICAN GOTHIC is fiction and THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY is non-fiction, both books are based on the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 (nicknamed "The White City") and the horrific murders committed by serial killer Henry H. Holmes.
Stbalbach: Both concern late-19th C American killers in the backdrop of a bigger social story of advancement (Chicago Fair and Oxford English Dictionary).
BookshelfMonstrosity: The Devil In the White City and The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher are compelling and richly detailed books about historical true crime. These stories present not only details about the crime but also about the social mores of the time.
This is a really well-told history of the lives of two men during the Industrial Revolution and the construction of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair (the Columbian Exposition). Both visionaries of their own time: I wouldn't say one good and one evil, but a stark representation of just how impressive a time it was. On one side there is Daniel Burnham, the lead architect and operational manager of the World's Fair, who sacrificed his own (and others') blood, sweat, and tears to direct the construction of one of the greatest exhibitions ever seen. On the other side, H.H. Holmes, a cruel and chilling psychopathic murderer who cut out his own infamy in the White City. ( )
This is a non-fiction story about parallel happenings in the late Victorian era of Chicago: The World's Fair and the criminal life of serial killer H. H. Holmes who lived adjacent to the fairgrounds. I found this book to be very interesting, though some of the architecture and construction details were on the tedious side. I enjoyed how Larson used these stories to give the reader a window into American and Chicagoan society during the late 1800s. The stories unfold largely like a work of fiction, though it's not a page turner. There's definitely more content about the lead up to the fair than on the murders. It was clearly extremely well researched and there are so many cool historical tie-ins to the fair that were brought to light. A worthwhile read. ( )
Honestly, I had seen this book hyped so much that I was really a little disappointed. I found it to be very dry at times and I'm not sure that incorporating the two storylines of the creation of the World's Fair in Chicago juxtaposed against the Holmes murders really worked all that well. Ironically, I found the fair more interesting that the salacious murders. ( )
Mr. Larson has written a dynamic, enveloping book filled with haunting, closely annotated information. And it doesn't hurt that this truth really is stranger than fiction.
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Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood. Daniel H. Burnham
Director of Works
World's Columbian Exposition, 1893
I was born with the devil in me. I could not help the fact that I was a murderer, no more than a poet can help the inspiration to sing. Dr. H. H. Holmes
Confession
1896
Dedikation
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To Chris, Kristen, Lauren, and Erin,
for making it all worthwhile —and to Molly, whose lust for socks
kept us all on our toes
Inledande ord
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The date was April 14, 1912, a sinister day in maritime history, but of course the man in suite 63–65, shelter deck C, did not yet know it.
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"Suddenly New York and St. Louis wanted the fair. Washington laid claim to the honor on the grounds it was the center of government, New York because it was the center of everything. No one cared what St. Louis thought, although the city got a wink for pluck."
"Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood"
"They are blue. Great murderers, like great men in other walks of activity, have blue eyes."
"In all the workforce in the park numbered four thousand. The ranks included a carpenter and furniture-maker named Elias Disney, who in coming years would tell many stories about the construction of this magical realm beside the lake. His son Walt would take note."
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On a crystalline fall day you can almost hear the tinkle of fine crystal, the rustle of silk and wool, almost smell the expensive cigars.
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History; Nonfiction; True Crime; Erik Larson; Daniel Stashower
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