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The Devil in the White City Questions and Answers
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Symbol: The ‘White City’ represents the American dream and the glory of the country’s accomplishments. So much pressure was put on the architects of the fair to make it glorious because of what it represents; the fair had to be a shining spectacle...
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The Devil in The White City, published by Erik Larson in 2003, is a factual account of incidents that occurred in Chicago at the end of the 19th century. Larson weaves the story of the Chicago World’s Fair overseer, Daniel Burnham, and his...
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Mudgett was a schemer and a fraud. He chose to use a different name in Chicago in order to continue his fradualent emterprises. The name "Holmes" came from the novel character who was introduced that year.
He caught a train for Chicago but...
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