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The Devil in the White City

Erik Larson,

Tony Goldwyn (Narrator)

Start date: December 1, 2009

Finish date: December 30, 2009

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Jun 30, 2011 Marty rated it it was amazing

Excellent, very well written, and I was unable to put it down.

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Jul 03, 2008 Lianna rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: history, secret-santa

5 stars for two great, true stories. Now I want to go to a World's Fair! The story of the architecture, all the different inventions that debuted and 1890's Chicago are so interesting. And how has the serial killer story not been made into a movie ever? It's way cooler than Jack the Ripper or Zodiac. I just saw The Illusionist and Ed Norton in a bowler hat and porkchop sideburns looked just like Holmes.

Minus 1 star for the author including every detail ever, Olmsted whining non-stop about his te ...more

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Oct 21, 2008 Julianne rated it liked it

It was good. I was more interested in the H.H.Holmes story than Birnham's story, though I was intrigued to learn the history of the World Columbian Exposition. Though the things I really wanted to know can be found on Wikipedia (firsts at the fair, etc).

If this hadn't been an audiobook, I'm almost certain I wouldn't have been able to finish it. ...more

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Sep 20, 2008 Roxanne rated it really liked it

Good historical writing. In depth - so much so that you actually get the creeps just feeling so close to the sicko characters. Worth the time. I listened to it while knitting and it was good for this purpose also.

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