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The Devil in the White City
Book jacket of The Devil in the White City (2003), featuring a nighttime...
© Penguin Random House
World's Columbian Exposition
Aerial view of the grounds and buildings of the World's Columbian Exposition, held...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZC2-3394)
Erik Larson, 2011
American writer Erik Larson, author of the best-selling nonfiction book The Devil...
© Jemal Countess/Getty Images
White City
View of the buildings of the Court of Honor with the Grand Basin, looking east toward...
Boston Public Library, Print Department
Daniel Burnham
American architect Daniel Burnham, the director of works for Chicago's 1893 World's...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital file no. 3a37085)
H.H. Holmes
American serial killer Herman Mudgett (alias H.H. Holmes); undated photo.
Historic Collection/Alamy
Ferris's pleasure wheel
The Ferris wheel at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital id: cph 3a50979u)
The Court of Honor
World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.