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A non-fiction work (2003) by Eric Larson about the Chicago World's Fair (the White City) creator Daniel H. Burnham and a serial killer, Herman Webster Mudgett, AKA Dr. H.H. Holmes. What I liked most about this book was the picture of a rapidly changing world at the turn of the century. It is always so interesting to realize how much was changing; the inventions, the industrialization of food, social behavior and transportation among others. It was also interesting to realize how much impact the Chicago World's Fair had on the United States. So very interesting. I did not like like learning about the sociopath but was also so surprised at how much the information about this infamous man had really been unknown to me.

2023-07-01 05:22