

But at the same time, Chicago played host to a disarmingly charismatic serial killer who preyed on young women and children, Dr. The Devil in the White City concerns the Chicago’s World Fair of 1893, especially the Herculean efforts and tragedies it took to produce “The White City”, as the fair was nicknamed, spearheaded by Chicago architect Daniel Hudson Burnham. (She loved it.) I always need nonfiction to break up my increasingly steady consumption of fantasy, and so I put The Devil in the White City on hold. It turns out that it’s the favorite book of parents of a friend of mine, who had finally gotten around to reading herself.

It sounded familiar, and I tried to remember where I’d heard of it. The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonĪs I was wading through blogs to get my Book Blogger Appreciation Week ballot in, I found a glowing review for Erik Larson’s The Devil in the White City.
