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The Devil in the White City

Erik Larson,

Tony Goldwyn (Narrator)

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May 18, 2012 Melissa Wiebe rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: nonfiction, history, 2012, erik-larson

Originally reviewed at Jayne's Books.

I was more interested in the H.H. Holmes storyline rather than the stuff about the building of the "White City" for the Chicago's World Fair, even though there was some connection between the two. The story about the building of "White City" seemed to be full of details that I honestly really didn't care about. The H.H. Holmes story line was the reason that I picked up the book, as I had heard about him through a podcast on Stuff You Missed in History Class a ...more

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Jun 09, 2009 Tori rated it liked it

Shelves: read-in-my-30s, read-in-2009

For the most part, I thought this was a very interesting book even thought it is not at all the type of book that I normally like. Sometimes all the details got a little mundane though.

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Feb 27, 2018 Julie rated it really liked it

Shelves: library, audio, true-crime, history, audible, biography

Definitely a fascinating book! I've wanted to read this for so long, mostly because of the HH Holmes backstory and now I've learned so much more about the Chicago World's Fair and how much of our present-day technology and products originated during that time. But Holmes is such a twisted shadow over the city during that time, and it makes you realize the more you learn - even about the details of the fair - nothing is ever perfect. ...more

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