The Devil in the White City Larson‚ Erik. The Devil in the White City. First Vintage Books Edition. New York: Random House‚ Inc.‚ 2003. Print. The Devil in the White City is a literary nonfictional novel written by Erik Larson set during the construction of the Chicago’s World Fair in 1893. The Chicago Fair was created to celebrate the four-hundredth anniversary of Columbus’s arrival in the new world. It was a cozy home to an intelligent architect‚ Daniel Hudson Burnham‚ and a mass murderer
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Devil in the White City written by Erik Larson is a true story based on the building of the most important fair in the United States of America‚ the 1893 Columbian Exposition World’s Fair in Chicago. Erik Larson also told the story of the psychopathic murderer; H.H. Holmes used his World’s Fair Hotel as an evil castle to lure in young women who came to see the fair. The story starts off with Larson describing that Chicago won the Congressional vote to host the World’s Fair and beat out its competition
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Devil in the White City‚ a monograph written by Erik Larson‚ detailing the lives of two men during the years of construction and preparation for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair (alternately‚ The World’s Columbian Exposition)— Daniel Burnham‚ the lead architect of the fair; and Herman Mudgett (alias: H.H. Holmes‚ among others)‚ a serial killer taking advantage of young women flocking to the city in search of the chance to lead their own lives. That the darkest shadows exist directly under the brightest
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Devil in the White City In the book Devil in the White City‚ Erik Larson introduces us to Dr. Henry Howard Holmes‚ who was born named Herman Webster Mudgett. At first glance‚ Holmes appears to be a typical fresh‚ crisp‚ well-dressed‚ blue eyed and dark haired young man. Holmes first appears on the morning of August 1886 in Chicago’s train station with a ticket to Englewood‚ a village located in the town of Lake. Because he presents himself as a wealthy‚ charming man‚ he does not fit the typical
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Devil in the White City Erik Larson’s non- fiction best seller portrays murder‚ magic and madness that occurred at the fair that changed America. The construction of The Columbian exposition began in 1891 and if on time was to be finished by 1893. This gave world famous architect Daniel Burnham a little over two years to achieve the impossible. There were other problems than just building the fair‚ there was corruption and decay in the city which made things more problematic. The
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Devil in the White City Since the fair was introduced‚ the reader could predict the immensity and great work of this attraction. Not only were many new inventions created‚ but also many ideas were inspired by this fair. Because of the great success and its original ideas‚ I believe that the World’s Fair “had a powerful and lasting impact on [Chicago’s‚ the world’s and] the nation’s psyche.” From the beginning‚ Chicago was introduced to the reader as a place that was only known for its smell that
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historical insights presented in Erik Larson’s Devil in the White City‚ being sure to answer the following questions: In what ways does the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893 represent the contrasts and conflicts of the Gilded Age? What is the Fair’s lasting imprint on American society & culture‚ & what new trends does it signal for the twentieth century? Although the Chicago World’s fair of 1893 only lasted 6 months‚ I had an enormous impact on the city of Chicago‚ its people‚ and indeed the entire
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always‚ in some way‚ shape‚ or form‚ affect one another. In the Devil in the White City the author‚ Erik Larson‚ not only informs the audience about a colossal architectural turning point for our nation‚ but he entices the reader into a state of jittery tension that is enforced by continuous amounts of alarming duality. The presentation of Duality begins from the very start. Larson’s decision to call the book “The Devil in the White City” was a distinct
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The Devil in the White City The author’s argument(s) or what he’s attempting to accomplish with the book‚ analyze those ideas‚ and then assess whether he succeeds. (critical thinking) Include details from the book to demonstrate what you are arguing. Why he wrote a book with two parallel stories rather than writing a book about the fair and then one about the “devil” What did the fair and the killer say about America at the time (about how the White City could be a metaphor foIn The Devil in the
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AP American History Book Review The Devil in the White City Introduction The Devil in the White City written by Erik Larson is the riveting account of the first modern serial killer of the 19th century in America. Published in 2003‚ Larson carefully and accurately creates a connecting plot of two very different characters. The first character introduced in the book is Daniel Burnham. Burnham is the architect who builds the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. He faces many challenges in
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