The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
Author: Larson, Erik
Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
9.2
Points
23.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
120524
Points per Word
0.000191
Page Count
447
Points per Page
0.051454
Description
This book tells the parallel stories of Daniel Burnham, the main architect of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, and serial killer Henry H. Holmes, who used the opportunities afforded by the fair to lure victims to their deaths.