
Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
Title: Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America Author: Erik Larson ISBN: 9780375725609 Publisher: Vintage Published: 2004 Binding: Paperback Language: English Number of Pages: 447 Section: True Crime | Murder | Serial Killers Publisher Description: #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile comes the true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death. "As absorbing a piece of popular history as one will ever hope to find." --San Francisco Chronicle A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century - A Los Angeles Times Best Nonfiction Book of the Last 30 YearsCombining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted a narrative with all the