Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
by Erik Larson
Year Published 2004
Word Count 120,524
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1170L
- ATOS Reading Level: 9.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 106685
- Curricular Area
- History
- Subject Headings
- History
- Serial murders
- History | United States | State & Local - Midwest(IA,IL,IN,KS,MI,MN,MO,ND,NE,OH,SD,WI
- Chicago (Ill.)--History--19th century
- Serial murderers--Illinois--Chicago--Biography
- Chicago
- Mudgett, Herman W.
- Mudgett, Herman W., 1861-1896
- History - U.S.
- Burnham, Daniel Hudson
- True Crime | Murder | Serial Killers
- Architects--Illinois--Chicago--Biography
- 19th century
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Architects
- History | United States | 19th Century
- World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
- Serial murderers
- Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912
- Serial murders--Illinois--Chicago--Case studies
- Illinois
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