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| Genre/Form: | Belletristische Darstellung Biography Case studies |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Herman W Mudgett; Daniel Hudson Burnham; Herman W Mudgett |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Erik Larson |
| ISBN: | 0375725601 9780375725609 |
| OCLC Number: | 54397544 |
| Description: | xi, 447 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | Aboard the Olympic -- Frozen music -- Awful fight -- In the white city -- Cruelty revealed -- Last crossing -- Notes and sources -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration credits -- Index. |
| Other Titles: | Murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America |
| Responsibility: | Erik Larson. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
An account of the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 relates the stories of two men who shaped the history of the event--architect Daniel H. Burnham, who coordinated its construction, and serial killer Herman Mudgett.
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- Mudgett, Herman W., -- 1861-1896.
- Burnham, Daniel Hudson, -- 1846-1912.
- Serial murderers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
- Serial murders -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies.
- Architects -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century.
- Mudgett, Herman W.
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Weltausstellung (1893)
- Mehrfachtäter.
- Mörder.
- Chicago (Ill.)
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