I just finished reading the book, “The Devil in the White City” by Erik Larson.
This was my second book from Erik and I would be honest, before reading his work I was never interested in reading History. For the prime reason reading history was predictable and boring. I got my hands on “Dead Wake” from the same author a while back, a book on the last crossing of the Lusitania ocean liner before it got torpedoed by German U boat. I loved the way he told history. There was storytelling, drama and gripping read on the proceedings. After reading Dead Wake I was sure I was going to give all his book a read.
Coming back to the book, “The Devil in the White City”, I bought this book last year and somehow didn’t read beyond 50 pages. So, this time around I pledged to complete it and what a magical read it was.
The book is about the great Colombian exposition of 1893, which America planned to beat the earlier Paris exposition. The book goes through the bidding process to select Chicago as the city for the display, the pain it took to build the exposition. Introduction of some of the firsts such as Ferries Wheel, Shredded Wheat and visit by dignitaries such as Thomas Edison, Mark Twain, Susan B. Anthony and Daniel Burnham ( the famous architect who was behind the famous fair)
While at one side the exposition built up was in progress on the other side a disturbing story of a pretentious doctor, HH Holmes was building up. He was committing a multitude of crimes ranging from insurance fraud to debt evasion, to cheating in a suavest and polished way. But the worst of the crime was how he was wooing young women to fall in love with him and then brutally killing them for pleasure.
Erik Larson has the innate ability to tell history like a thriller tale. Do give it a try and let me know your thoughts
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I read this one. I thought it was fiction at first. When I realized it was real, I couldn’t believe it. How had I never heard of this before? Great read.
Thanks so much for your kind read. Try His book each one is a master piece
Will do.
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Loved the review!👏👏
Looks like I’m gonna read it! 🙂
thank you for the book review…….I will add it to my list. 🙂
Thanks for reading. If you love history, you will love it 🌸😊
Interesting 🤔 Need to add it to my reading list 😊
Great review, but I can’t add it to my TBR for it’s too long at the moment.
No worries. Thanks for reading
it sounds like i will love it, thank you again. 🙂
Great. Let me know once you read. 😊
absolutely!
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But truly speaking, I also get bored feeling history…..after reading your Nice review… Feeling like I have to read it…
Thanks for reading. Let me know if you read how you like it
Sure, I will… 😃 🙏
Can you please tell me how to do this in a blog – “some sentences should appear automatically at bottom of my blog”
Your review will always be better… Based on real story means it would be more interesting.. I will read it…
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I don’t think it is possible.
Thanks, Chiru
So, every time we have to write the common sentences in each post? But I think something is there
If you find out let me know
Ok.. Sure
Sounds interesting.
Thanks for your read. Appreciate it
You are welcome!
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Always a pleasure!
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