Maggie Hall
Tyler Johnson
World History
November 27, 2017
The Devil in the White City
The Devil in the White City, written by Erik Larson, published by Crown Publishers in 2003, with 447 pages. This book is a work of non-fiction revolving around the 1893 World Fair in Chicago, Illinois. Overall, I'm not going to say it was the best book I have ever read, but it gave me an expression of the past that I never knew about before.
The Devil in the White City is all about the 1893 World Fair. Everything that led up to it, everything that went on during the fair, and the people who people living during that time would never forget. It starts out introducing us to Daniel Burnham and John Root, the city's leading architects. They had built the city's first
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It is a very well put together and effective book. It gives a lot of information, but runs on about the same topic too long for my interest to stay focused. The author had to do so much research to complete this book, he went in and found out every little detail he could to put into this book. I found this book very interesting, just the thought of killings going on during The World Fair is actually pretty cool to me. Especially with so many people not knowing about it. I did enjoy this book, even if I did lose interest and went on my phone randomly while reading the middle of a paragraph. This book taught me a lot that I didn’t know, like the fire that ruined thousands of buildings in Chicago in 1871. It just generally told me information straight up without wording stuff around it, which is what I like best when reading. I more than likely not recommend this book to one of my friends, just because I could not see them enjoying this book and all the information it gives you. I would however, recommend this book to an older adult, because I feel like they would enjoy and appreciate this book a lot more than any of my friends