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Author Erik Larson imbues the incredible events surrounding the 1893 Chicago World's Fair with such drama that readers may find themselves checking the book's categorization to be sure that The Devil in the White City is not, in fact, a highly imaginative novel. Larson tells the stories of two men: Daniel H. Burnham, the architect responsible for the fair's construction, and H.H. Holmes, a serial killer masquerading as a charming doctor. Burnham's challenge was immense. In a short period of time, he was forced to overcome the death of his partner and numerous other obstacles to construct the famous "White City" around which the fair was built. His efforts to complete the project, and the fair's incredible success, are skillfully related along with entertaining appearances by such notables as Buffalo Bill Cody, Susan B. Anthony, and Thomas Edison. The activities of the sinister Dr. Holmes, who is believed to be responsible for scores of murders around the time of the fair, are equally remarkable. He devised and erected the World's Fair Hotel, complete with crematorium and gas chamber, near the fairgrounds and used the event as well as his own charismatic personality to lure victims. Combining the stories of an architect and a killer in one book, mostly in alternating chapters, seems like an odd choice but it works. The magical appeal and horrifying dark side of 19th-century Chicago are both revealed through Larson's skillful writing. --John Moe
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*Starred Review* Larson's ambitious, engrossing tale of the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 focuses primarily on two men: Daniel H. Burnham, the architect who was the driving force behind the fair, and Henry H. Holmes, a sadistic serial killer working under the cover of the busy fair. After the 1889 French Exposition Universel wowed the world with the Eiffel Tower and high attendance numbers, interest began to grow in the U.S. for a similar fair. Chicago and New York were the top contenders for the location, and in February 1890, Chicagoans were overjoyed to hear they had won the honor. Burnham and his partner, John Root, the leading architects in Chicago, were tapped for the job, and they in turn called on Frederick Law Olmstead, Louis Sullivan, and Richard M. Hunt to help them build the world's greatest fair. They faced overwhelming obstacles: inhospitable weather, bureaucracy, illness, and even death. Unbeknownst to any of them, Holmes, a charismatic, handsome doctor, had arrived in the city and built a complex with apartments, a drugstore, and a vault, which he used to trap his victims until they suffocated. When the White City opened for business in May 1893, hundreds of thousands of people flocked to it, although a plummeting economy and several accidents did nothing to help business. A shocking murder concludes the ultimately successful fair, and that's before Holmes claims his final victims in the cruelest act of his career. A magnificent book. Kristine Huntley
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Liest man Titel und Umschlag, so denkt man es handelt sich um einen Krimi mit historischer Vorlage. Dem ist leider nicht so. Das Hauptaugenmerk des Autors liegt nicht auf dem Serienmörder H.H Holmes, sondern auf der Weltausstellung in Chicago. Mit der Akribie des Historikers erläutert der Autor die Planung und Durchführung dieses gigantischen Vorhabens. Diese Akribie verhindert jedoch, dass die Protagonisten lebendig wirken oder einem ans Herz wachsen. Das ist auch der Grund, wieso dieser Teil des Buches schlichtweg langweilig ist.
Mich interessierte vor allem die Geschichte um den Unhold Holmes. Leider geht Larson nur in einem kleinen Teil wirklich auf diese Morde ein. Er schildert kurz und knapp die Morde und das Vorgehen von Holmes und verwendet ausschließlich historisch gesicherte Fakten. Auch, wie die Polizei schließlich dem Mörder auf die Schliche kommt, wird sehr nüchtern erzählt ohne, dass je ein Spannungsbogen entsteht.
Wer einen historischen Krimi mit spannender Handlung erwartet wird hier bitter enttäuscht. Ein interessanteres Buch ist sicher Arthur & George von Julian Barnes, in dem ein historischer Kriminalfall spannend erzählt wird.
Mich interessierte vor allem die Geschichte um den Unhold Holmes. Leider geht Larson nur in einem kleinen Teil wirklich auf diese Morde ein. Er schildert kurz und knapp die Morde und das Vorgehen von Holmes und verwendet ausschließlich historisch gesicherte Fakten. Auch, wie die Polizei schließlich dem Mörder auf die Schliche kommt, wird sehr nüchtern erzählt ohne, dass je ein Spannungsbogen entsteht.
Wer einen historischen Krimi mit spannender Handlung erwartet wird hier bitter enttäuscht. Ein interessanteres Buch ist sicher Arthur & George von Julian Barnes, in dem ein historischer Kriminalfall spannend erzählt wird.
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One of these books where you wonder why you have never heard of any part of the story: the Chicago Columbian Exposition (World Expo, we would call it today, I guess) is one of the more forgotten ones outside the US. The mass murders of one Mr Holmes (the most frequently used name, there were others) must also have gotten lost under more illustrious cases such as those by Jack the Ripper or the more recent ones. But the book, let's give it that, manages to convey the feeling for the bigness and also in a way the greatness of both events. The way America was expecting something that would cast a shadow over the glorious Paris World Expo and its Eiffel Tower, the way American cities tried everything they could, at the same time, to keep each other from getting the deal, the jealousy among the architects and the ridiculous elephantiasis of committees and administration that almost kept the fair from happening. If you step back a bit and look at the issue from the distance, you will not see anything that would be very extraordinary in the course of preparation for such a huge event. Setbacks and small catastrophes. Casualties and missed deadlines. Spectacular innovations (Ferris Wheel) and incredulity towards its realisation. Erik Larson manages to draw you inside, however, and allows you to get a feeling for the huge task at hand, how unlikely it appears that one person (Burnham, the chief architect) should bear this responsibility. The psycopathic killer story, in contrast to that, sounds too much like a thing out of an Amazon bestseller list thriller, it never evokes the same feeling of realism, of being near. You somehow expect a more tense storyline there, with an elaborate detective character chasing the beast and hunting it down - but this expectation is disappointed, because in reality, things don't usually work out that way... It can be argued that the book had been more intense, more straightforward, more thrilling, had it restricted itself to the White City. As it is, the book is a bit too long for comfort, but an interesting read nonetheless.
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I love the structure of the book, alternating the chapters and subsequently the lives of the architect and the killer.
What surprised me most was that I had never heard of the Chicago fair since it had such an influence on our modern culture, the concept of landscape gardening and parks, and quality of life in cities, the invention of the Ferris wheel to even Shredded Wheat.
It was a truly amazing achievement and it is so sad it is forgotten. The story is not mainly about the killer but in the context of when he killed, the living conditions in Chicago, the crime, the dirt, the poverty which allowed him to do this. This was the first time that women started to leave for cities for work alone. It is also the story of a group of men who dedicated a few years of life to the project and the ordinary men who died building it.
I am also totally astonished i had never heard of this serial killer, since he planned everything so carefully, even building his own crematorium in his cellar!
This is a story worth reading.
What surprised me most was that I had never heard of the Chicago fair since it had such an influence on our modern culture, the concept of landscape gardening and parks, and quality of life in cities, the invention of the Ferris wheel to even Shredded Wheat.
It was a truly amazing achievement and it is so sad it is forgotten. The story is not mainly about the killer but in the context of when he killed, the living conditions in Chicago, the crime, the dirt, the poverty which allowed him to do this. This was the first time that women started to leave for cities for work alone. It is also the story of a group of men who dedicated a few years of life to the project and the ordinary men who died building it.
I am also totally astonished i had never heard of this serial killer, since he planned everything so carefully, even building his own crematorium in his cellar!
This is a story worth reading.
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