The Devil in the White City  (English, Paperback, Larson Erik)

This novel spans the years surrounding the building of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair also known as The World's Columbian Exposition. This novel is divide into four parts - the first three parts take place in Chicago between the years 1890-1893 and part 4 occurs in Philadelphia in 1895. Author Eric Larson describes the lives of two real men during the World's Columbian Exposition. He creates two separate, yet connected plot lines. One plot line centers on Daniel Burnham, the architect who buil...

This novel spans the years surrounding the building of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair also known as The World's Columbian Exposition. This novel is divide into four parts - the first three parts take place in Chicago between the years 1890-1893 and part 4 occurs in Philadelphia in 1895. Author Eric Larson describes the lives of two real men during the World's Columbian Exposition. He creates two separate, yet connected plot lines. One plot line centers on Daniel Burnham, the architect who buil...

To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492, the World's Columbian Exposition, also known as Chicago World's Fair, was held in Chicago in 1893 from 1st May, 1893 to 30th October, 1893. The 1893 Chicago World's Fair was inspired by the 1889 Exposition Universelle held in Paris, France from 6th May, 1889 to 31st October, 1889 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille which was the prelude to the French Revolutio...