The devil in the white city [sound recording] : murder, magic & madness and the fair that changed America Erik Larson.
Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America's rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair's brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country's most important structures, including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington, D.C. The murderer was Henry H. Holmes, a young doctor who, in a malign parody of the White City, built his "World's Fair Hotel" just west of the fairgrounds, a torture palace complete with dissection table, gas chamber, and 3,000-degree crematorium. Burnham overcame tremendous obstacles and tragedies as he organized the talents of Frederick Law Olmsted, Charles McKim, Louis Sullivan, and others to transform swampy Jackson Park into the White City, while Holmes used the attraction of the great fair and his own satanic charms to lure scores of young women to their deaths. What makes the story all the more chilling is that Holmes really lived, walking the grounds of that dream city by the lake. The Devil in the White City draws the reader into a time of magic and majesty, made all the more appealing by a supporting cast of real-life characters, including Buffalo Bill, Theodore Dreiser, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Edison, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and others. In this book the smoke, romance, and mystery of the Gilded Age come alive as never before. Erik Larson's gifts as a storyteller are magnificently displayed in this rich narrative of the master builder, the killer, and the great fair that obsessed them both.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780739343814
- ISBN: 0739343815
- ISBN: 0736692304
- ISBN: 9780736692304
- Physical Description: 12 sound discs (14 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Unabridged edition.
- Publisher: [New York] : Random House Audio, [2003]
- Copyright: ℗2003
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Compact discs.Subtitle from container.Unabridged.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Evils imminent -- Prologue, aboard the Olympic -- Frozen music -- An awful fight -- In the white city -- Cruelty revealed -- Epilogue, the last crossing.
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Read by Scott Brick.
Search for related items by subject
- Subject:
- Mudgett, Herman W., 1861-1896.
Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912.
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Serial murderers > Illinois > Chicago > Biography.
Serial murders > Illinois > Chicago > Case studies.
Architects > Illinois > Chicago > Biography.
Chicago (Ill.) > History > 19th century. - Genre:
- Audiobooks.
Available copies
- 12 of 13 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 13 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | AUDIO CD 364.15 LAR (Text) | 37810434300983 | Adult Audiobook Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | CD 364.15 LARSO (Text) | 34208203216147 | Adult Audiobook Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | AUDIO CD 364.15 LAR (Text) | 22281500046915 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| East Asheville Library | LAR CD 30630 EAST (Text) | 0020512426865 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Forsyth Central | 364.152 L 12 CD (Text) | 2112502003062 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Lee County Main Library | AUD CD BIO MUDGETT (Text) | 33262003130553 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Mocksville | CD 364.15 LARSON (Text) | 39872001682274 | Adult Audiobook Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Moss Memorial Library | CD 364.152 LAR (Text) | 80605001727469 | Adult Audiobook Nonfiction | Available | - |
| North Asheville Library | LAR CD 12064 PACK (Text) | 0020508157359 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Scotland County Memorial Library | CDNF 364.15 Larson (Text) | 30388101198979 | Adult Audiobook Nonfiction | Available | - |
