This book is a history lesson about the Chicago World's Fair, the architect behind the project, and a murderer not involved at all. It is Chicago at the turn of the (20th) century, and it is thrilling. I normally don't like nonfiction that is this seemingly bland. However, Larson made it read like a novel, and I finished this nearly 400 page tome in less than five days.
Have you been to the Smithsonian?
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*The Smithsonian Institution* ~ by Gore Vidal, 1998, historical fiction,
260 pages
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