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Book Review of The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
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A facinating tale -- two parallel stories, really. One, the story of the architects of the Columbian Exposition, Chicago's World's Fair - how it got built, its struggle to make money in the worstening economy of the early days of the Great Depression. The other story, a madman living nearby who used the Exposition as bait, gathering in young women and seducing them to their death.

Both stories, facinating and well-told.