Summary of the Book:
The Devil in the White City is a nonfiction enveloping novel that covers the years spanding around the construction of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, also known as The World's Columbian Exposition, its design evolved around the remembrnace of the landing of Columbus in America. The great story of the work of an extraordinary architect , Daniel Burnham, his contruction of the Chicago World's Fair, and the path he takes to overcome the fair's hardships, to ultimately make his investment into an over flowing river of wealth, fame, and success. This all became imminent reality when in 1893 Chicago pulled the win for the 1893 World's Exposition bid. Daniel Burnham and John Root, who took to each other quickly, were given the utmost honor of being the architects who would build the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. Until one striking day reality hit Burnham, his partner, John Root was gone, he had passed away. Suddenly Burnham's world comes crashing down upon the very grounds of the Exposition he stands on, and the pressure of the fair seeps into his every awaking hour, he is left on his own. Burnham has to overcome powerful forces, such as prime material arriving late, trying to out-do Mr. Eiffel himself and create a scene more mind moving than the Eiffel Tower, deaths upon deaths cross his table, which he must pay no mind, he must move on because with the deadline appearing faster than the spead of light itself, he must build a fair, encasing something much more extravagant than the Eiffel Tower, and still proceed while suffering from the downturn of a dwindling economy. Even when the day comes that the fair opens its gates Burnham must seeks to finish the monument that overcame Mr. Eiffel himself, and he must make a bigger impact on the fair attendance rates, to make the Exposition merely profitable.
While Burnham deals with his own mid-life crisis, there seems to be another heaving problem, crawling for attention, the Wordl's Fair is harboring a very charming, handsome, breath-taking, serial killer who goes by the name of H.H. Holmes, a very cunning man. He accompanies Chicago in 1886, searching for a place close to the site of the World's Fair, and a place where he could put his utmost attention and further practice as a pharmacist. He channeled his likings to a pharmacy in a place called Englewood. Something bothered Holmes though he wanted to strive and be known, so that's just what he did. He extorted every man, women, insurance company, and living creature to ever come into his exsistence. Ultimately that evoked distaste, not feeding the cravings for Holmes, he wanted more, so that's what he achieved. He secured the empty lot across from his pharamacy, and builds the building of all eerie buildings. He builds a very well sought out building, and elaborate construction that aids his amusement of murdering people and making any aspect of their exsistence disappear, no questions asked. The top two floors of the building he rented out ,with a kiln stored in the very basement where he "practiced" as a physician, as far as secrets tunnels and hallways within the entire structure of the building to make the removal of bodies proven to be a much easier task. His hotel soon becomes the "World's Fair Hotel", where he stumbles across captivating, beautifully, pleasing women, becoming involved with many. Some he married, but it doesn't take long for tedium to set in, so he dispatches of them and on to the next innocent victim. He attains mountains of debt, and he commits many acts of fraud. The question that perplexes Holmes is how much is enough? So he picks up his life and vanishes from Chicago, only accompying a destination for a few days at a time. But when can this man not be noticed, when will the time come for someone to notice, for those innocent victims lives to be brought to justice? Somone took active notice, Detective Frank Geyer, who uncovered a graveyard from Holmes closet, and brought justice to most women who had fallen victim to what seamed a charming, succesful, trustworthy, man.
While Burnham deals with his own mid-life crisis, there seems to be another heaving problem, crawling for attention, the Wordl's Fair is harboring a very charming, handsome, breath-taking, serial killer who goes by the name of H.H. Holmes, a very cunning man. He accompanies Chicago in 1886, searching for a place close to the site of the World's Fair, and a place where he could put his utmost attention and further practice as a pharmacist. He channeled his likings to a pharmacy in a place called Englewood. Something bothered Holmes though he wanted to strive and be known, so that's just what he did. He extorted every man, women, insurance company, and living creature to ever come into his exsistence. Ultimately that evoked distaste, not feeding the cravings for Holmes, he wanted more, so that's what he achieved. He secured the empty lot across from his pharamacy, and builds the building of all eerie buildings. He builds a very well sought out building, and elaborate construction that aids his amusement of murdering people and making any aspect of their exsistence disappear, no questions asked. The top two floors of the building he rented out ,with a kiln stored in the very basement where he "practiced" as a physician, as far as secrets tunnels and hallways within the entire structure of the building to make the removal of bodies proven to be a much easier task. His hotel soon becomes the "World's Fair Hotel", where he stumbles across captivating, beautifully, pleasing women, becoming involved with many. Some he married, but it doesn't take long for tedium to set in, so he dispatches of them and on to the next innocent victim. He attains mountains of debt, and he commits many acts of fraud. The question that perplexes Holmes is how much is enough? So he picks up his life and vanishes from Chicago, only accompying a destination for a few days at a time. But when can this man not be noticed, when will the time come for someone to notice, for those innocent victims lives to be brought to justice? Somone took active notice, Detective Frank Geyer, who uncovered a graveyard from Holmes closet, and brought justice to most women who had fallen victim to what seamed a charming, succesful, trustworthy, man.