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The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 5 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492.
- Patrick Eugene Prendergast
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- Patrick Eugene Prendergast
Storyline. The book is set in Chicago in 1893, interweaving the true tales of Daniel Burnham, the architect behind the 1893 World's Fair, and H. H. Holmes, a serial killer who lured his victims to their deaths in his elaborately constructed "Murder Castle".
Set in Chicago during the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, it tells the story of World’s Fair architect Daniel Burnham and of H. H. Holmes, a criminal figure widely considered the first serial killer in the United States. [1] Leonardo DiCaprio purchased the film rights in 2010. [2]
- Erik Larson
- 2003
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6 days ago · World’s Columbian Exposition, fair held in 1893 in Chicago, Illinois, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus ’s voyage to America. In the United States there had been a spirited competition for this exposition among the country’s leading cities.
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Jan 24, 2022 · Based on the nonfiction novel of the same name by Erik Larson, the film will follow the dark history surrounding the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, focusing in particular on the exploits of...
World's Columbian Exposition. (May 1, 1893–October 30, 1893.) Organized to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus's landfall in the New World, the World's Columbian Exposition became a defining moment in Chicago's history and the history of the United States as a whole. When the World's Columbian Exposition opened, only 22 years had ...
Aug 5, 2022 · Devil in the White City is finally set to come to Hulu, after over a decade in development. The Erik Larson book about the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and its link to the first modern...
