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Summary Of 1893 World's Fair By Joseph Larson

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Larson uses the true events in his book as a way of juxtaposing his two main characters, Daniel Burnham and Henry Holmes. The book itself is about the 1893 World’s Fair, the first ever World’s Fair. Burnham was a talented architect working on the Fair with his partner, John Root, who died of illness early in the construction of the fair. Burnham was a successful businessman and architect, despite his lack of formal education. Holmes was also successful. He was a suave man that also happened to be a serial killer, a doctor and a pharmacist from New Hampshire.

The following two passages show the stark differences between Holmes and Burnham.

“For Holmes, despite the persistent deep cold of the first two months of 1893, things never looked
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