Top tags: history, nonfiction, chicago, true crime, non-fiction (all tags)
“When I was a kid my grandmother gave me a very old picture book with sepia tone photos from the Columbian Exposition, the Chicago World's Fair of 1893. Since that time I have collected books about that Fair, and when I saw this book I was interested to read it. Larson does a great job of tying the facts of a sensational murder case with the events and the features of the first great Exposition of the 'Modern Age'. I was not so interested in the murder case, but I have to admit that he made...”
“Two stories in one that might have been better treated as separate.”
“I had to read this for one of my college history classes and I have to admit, this is the first book I enjoyed that I was forced to read. Normally I don't care much for reading history textbooks (pretty sad for a history education minor huh? ^^ ) but this kept me intrigued He told everything with as much accuracy as possible but told it as though, to me anyway, it was fiction. I admit that it was slow going in some places, but you find that with almost every book out there. I just know I learned a lot from this book for my class that I don't think I would have without it. That's all that matters to me, if I learned something.”
“crap.”
“Boring!”
“Hey nikkis, that's neat!I agree with agnes01. I think the serial killer aspects of the book were really what drove it forward - I was much more interested in getting back to that subplot than I was learning all about the fair (which is pretty sad really). Without the serial killer story in there I think it would have been quite a dull book, but as it was, I enjoyed it.”
“To see this amazing simulation of what the White City looked like, see this research project conducted by UCLA's Urban Simulation Team. It is amazing!http://www.ust.ucla.edu/ustweb/Projects/columbian_expo.htm”
