The Devil in the White City

Author(s): Erik Larson

Location(s): Chicago

Genre(s): Historical

Era(s): Late 1800s

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The story is of Chicago World’s Fair in 1893 and it is fascinating because the fair ties together the past and the future when it comes to business, politics, architecture, science and culture.

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