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    The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson | Book Review

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    The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson Narrator: Tony Goldwyn Genres: Crime, History, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2003 (Audiobook 2006) Source: I purchased this audiobook. Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Blog, Twitter, Goodreads, Amazon The 1893 World’s Fair was held in the “White City” of Chicago, Illinois. Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America’s rush toward the 20th century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair’s brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country’s most important structures, including the…