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.
Two words derived from Latin
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*LOQUACIOUS* ~ characterized by or showing a tendency to talk a great deal
→ from Latin *loqui* (“to speak”)
*MELLIFLUOUS* (of sounds or utterances) ~ s...
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