The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

-Engrossing . . . exceedingly well documented . . . utterly fascinating.- -- Chicago Tribune
-A dynamic, enveloping book. . . . Relentlessly fuses history and entertainment to give this nonfiction book the dramatic effect of a novel. . . . It doesn't hurt that this truth is stranger than fiction.- -- The New York Times
-So good, you find yourself asking how you could not know this already.- -- Esquire
-Another successful exploration of American history. . . . Larson skillfully balances the grisly details with the far-reaching implications of the World's Fair.- -- USA Today
-As absorbing a piece of popular history as one will ever hope to find.- -- San Francisco Chronicle
-Paints a dazzling picture of the Gilded Age and prefigure the American century to come.- -- Entertainment Weekly
-A wonderfully unexpected book. . . Larson is a historian . . . with a novelist's soul.- -- Chicago Sun-Times


"Engrossing . . . exceedingly well documented . . . utterly fascinating." -- Chicago Tribune

"A dynamic, enveloping book. . . . Relentlessly fuses history and entertainment to give this nonfiction book the dramatic effect of a novel. . . . It doesn't hurt that this truth is stranger than fiction." -- The New York Times

"So good, you find yourself asking how you could not know this already." -- Esquire

"Another successful exploration of American history. . . . Larson skillfully balances the grisly details with the far-reaching implications of the World's Fair." -- USA Today

"As absorbing a piece of popular history as one will ever hope to find." -- San Francisco Chronicle

"Paints a dazzling picture of the Gilded Age and prefigure the American century to come." -- Entertainment Weekly

"A wonderfully unexpected book. . . Larson is a historian . . . with a novelist's soul." -- Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago, 1893. One man built a heaven on earth. Another built hell beside it...