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This book was terribly interesting. A story about the 1893 Chicago World Fair could have been dry, but it wasn't at all. Erik Larson is an amzing writer. Originally I had the feeling that the serialm killer element would be needed to boost interest on a dry subjucet, the fair. This was completely wrong. The author makes the fair come alive. You really feel the excitement of the fair. You wish with all your heart you could be there. You see the fair so clearly. You smell it. You hear it. You feel
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Yay! My first finished book of 2016! I'm giving the full 5 stars because this is exactly the type of book that gets me reading and looking up other information. It's packed full of famous names and inventions from history and the dual storyline of Dr Holmes and the Chicago Exposition kept the story moving along - making it pretty quick to finish. There were parts that made me question if the author took too much liberty in imagining what things were like in a certain scene, but I didn't care. Th
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Very fascinating historical account of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, and a very charming chap slowly, methodically murdering scores of young women nearby. Loved all the references to places in Chicago and all around No. Illinois (even Big Foot is mentioned!). I was amazed at many points. Also bored sometimes, but overall I highly recommend.
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At the same time that many of the most powerful and creative minds in the U.S. were joining forces to make the 1893 Chicago World Fair an international success, a psychopath was luring untold numbers of young girls to their death and swindling financial institutions out of countless sums of money in the same city. Larson manages to compile copious amounts of research into an interesting narrative. The history of the Herculean effort to build and manage the Worlds Fair is told in alternating chap
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This was a compelling read. The title isn't audacious--this book lays out in engaging fashion how the United States was emerging as a cultural bohemith on the world stage. The juxtaposition of the serial killer's work with the Fair's construction is high irony. I wish my history books in high school were as griping to ready. Excellent book.
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Sep 03, 2008
Carolyn
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Jun 20, 2011
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