The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America Quotes

To build it Burnham had confronted a legion of obstacles, any of which could have—should have—killed it long before Opening Day. (Prologue.8)

Together [Burnham] and his architects had conjured a dream city whose grandeur and beauty exceeded anything each singly could have imagined. (Prologue.8)

Young women drawn to Chicago by the fair and by the prospect of living on their own had disappeared, last seen at the killer's block-long mansion, a parody of everything architects held dear. (Prol...

The rational explanation laid blame on the forces of change that during this time had convulsed Chicago. Amid so much turmoil it was understandable that the work of a young and handsome doctor woul...

It was so easy to disappear, so easy to deny knowledge, so very easy in the smoke and in to mask that something dark had taken root. This was Chicago, on the eve of the greatest fair in history. (1...

By far the most exotic cargo, however, was human. (2.13.5)