Author:
Larson, Erik, 1954-
Edition Statement:1st Vintage ed.
Imprint:New York : Vintage Books a division of Random House, c2015.
Descriptionxv, 445 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Note:Evils imminent -- Prologue, aboard the Olympic -- Frozen music -- An awful fight -- In the white city -- Cruelty revealed -- Epilogue, the last crossing.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [425]-429) and index.
Note:An account of the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 relates the stories of two men who shaped the history of the event--architect Daniel H. Burnham, who coordinated its construction, and serial killer Herman Mudgett