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'Devil in the White City,' by Erik Larson; Crown Publishing ($25.95)
2003
Overview
[Erik Larson], who wrote the real-life hurricane thriller \"Isaac's Storm,\" passes on the sense of wonder the fair instilled in visitors, but his \"Devil in the White City\" is all about the architect who led the construction of the fair, and the serial killer who lived a few blocks away. Daniel Burnham, who designed the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington, D.C., found his hands full when planning and building the World's Fair were pushed into them. Though he recruited the creme de la creme of American architects, and Central Park designer Frederick Law Olmsted for the landscaping, the project ran into every sort of trouble. It dragged on until there was not enough time before Opening Day to construct the buildings out of stone or brick; they were made with a sort of stucco on wood frames. Larson has a remarkable knack by which he drives both narratives, near-to-bursting with details, with equal fervor so the tech types are never bored and the gruesome sorts are never less than titillated.
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Tribune Content Agency LLC
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