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.
Book Snippets (see UPDATE at the bottom)
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Beginning ~ with the Introduction
What follows are three hundred and sixty-six quotations culled from various
books I have written over the past nearly th...
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