{"product_id":"the-devil-in-the-white-city-murder-magic-and-madness-at-the-fair-that-changed-america","title":"The Devil in the White City: Murder  Magic  and Madness at the Fair That Changed America","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo men  each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work  embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized Americas rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham  the fairs brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the countrys most important structures  including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington  D.C. The murderer was Henry H. Holmes  a young doctor who  in a malign parody of the White City  built his Worlds Fair Hotel just west of the fairgroundsa torture palace complete with dissection table  gas chamber  and 3 000-degree crematorium. Burnham overcame tremendous obstacles and tragedies as he organized the talents of Frederick Law Olmsted  Charles McKim  Louis Sullivan  and others to transform swampy Jackson Park into the White City  while Holmes used the attraction of the great fair and his own satanic charms to lure scores of young women to their deaths. What makes the story all the more chilling is that Holmes really lived  walking the grounds of that dream city by the lake.  The Devil in the White City draws the listener into a time of magic and majesty  made all the more appealing by a supporting cast of real-life characters  including Buffalo Bill  Theodore Dreiser  Susan B. Anthony  Thomas Edison  Archduke Francis Ferdinand  and others. In this audiobook the smoke  romance  and mystery of the Gilded Age come alive as never before.  Erik Larsons gifts as a storyteller are magnificently displayed in this rich narrative of the master builder  the killer  and the great fair that obsessed them both.  To find out more about this audiobook  go to http:\/\/www.DevilInTheWhiteCity.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44944870441013,"sku":"ByrdShop_0739343815","price":60.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780739343814.jpg?v=1769857668","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-devil-in-the-white-city-murder-magic-and-madness-at-the-fair-that-changed-america","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}