"Devil In the White City," a horrifying account of a serial killer lurking at the edges of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. It's a contrapuntal tale of depravity and sophistication, of evil and beauty, of the hunter and the hunted. Hampton Sides
Never before in civilization have such numbers of young girls been suddenly released from the protection of the home and permitted to walk unattended upon the city streets and to work under alien roofs. Jane Addams
The story of an American serial killer and the building of the 1893 World's Fair, the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. - AsNotedIn
Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
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2004/02/00 | Erik Larson | Author | Published |
Particulars for The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America: | |||
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Art Type | Book | a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers. | |
Narrative Arts | Detective | a person, especially a police officer, whose occupation is to investigate and solve crimes. | |
Narrative Arts | Factual | concerned with what is actually true rather than interpretations of or reactions to it | |
True Crime | Murder | the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another | |
Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
Area of Significance | True Crime | ||
Narrative Arts | Verfabula | long form true story, written as a compelling narrative that reads like good fiction | |
Area of Significance | World's Expositions |