Devil in the white city
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 book tells the story from two different personal aspects during the time of the great world fair:
1. Daniel Burnham, the head director of works for the Columbian Exposition. Immediately after the fair he gained the respect he deserved and was asked to help design other major cities.
2. The other aspect was from the live of H.H. Holmes. He was a cunning serial killer who used the world fair to lure his victims to their death.
With this book, Erik Larson makes it possible to explore American History from different points of views. He also balances the grisly details with the far reaching implications of the World’s fair.
The books recommended audience is any reader in a mass audience who would like to read a narrative with all the wonders of newly discovered history and the thrills of the fiction that Erik Larson created.
The story is broken down into five sections, and each section is broken down into numerous chapters.
Part 1: Frozen Music. In this section Erik Larson highly evaluates some of the troubles that the Columbian Exposition. However without the help of the “greatest architect” (14), no progress would be made toward the completion of the great fair. A major problem for the forty five men in charge of the Columbian Exposition was that after six months they still haven’t decided where the fair was going to take place. Especially with the slim time line, perfecting the fair on time seemed hopeless. The vote passed to hold the park at Jackson Park
The book tells the story from two different personal aspects during the time of the great world fair:
1. Daniel Burnham, the head director of works for the Columbian Exposition. Immediately after the fair he gained the respect he deserved and was asked to help design other major cities.
2. The other aspect was from the live of H.H. Holmes. He was a cunning serial killer who used the world fair to lure his victims to their death.
With this book, Erik Larson makes it possible to explore American History from different points of views. He also balances the grisly details with the far reaching implications of the World’s fair.
The books recommended audience is any reader in a mass audience who would like to read a narrative with all the wonders of newly discovered history and the thrills of the fiction that Erik Larson created.
The story is broken down into five sections, and each section is broken down into numerous chapters.
Part 1: Frozen Music. In this section Erik Larson highly evaluates some of the troubles that the Columbian Exposition. However without the help of the “greatest architect” (14), no progress would be made toward the completion of the great fair. A major problem for the forty five men in charge of the Columbian Exposition was that after six months they still haven’t decided where the fair was going to take place. Especially with the slim time line, perfecting the fair on time seemed hopeless. The vote passed to hold the park at Jackson Park