The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, Madness, and the Fair that Changed America (Illinois)

"...Erik Larson...wants to tell the whole story, both the glory of Burnham's creation and the sordid details of the first known urban psychopath in American history. It is not a comfortable fit. He uses language well, but has little sense of pacing or focus, perhaps because of the huge amount of material available on the fair....There is much less material available on H. H. Holmes, and Larson tells that part of the story economically.Erik Larson is the author of 'The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, Madness, and the Fair that Changed America (Illinois)', published 2003 under ISBN 9780739302088 and ISBN 0739302086.