The Devil in the White City

The Devil in the White City

Cover of The Devil in the White City
Author Erik Larson
Country United States
Language English
Genre History, True crime
Publisher Crown Publishers
Publication date
2003
Media type Print (hardcover and paperback)
Pages 447
ISBN 0-609-60844-4
OCLC 54397544

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Crown Publishers, ISBN 0-609-60844-4) is a 2003 non-fiction book by Erik Larson presented in a novelistic style. The book is based on real characters and events. Leonardo DiCaprio purchased the film rights in 2010.[1]

The book is set in Chicago in 1893, intertwining the true tales of Daniel H. Burnham, the architect behind the 1893 World's Fair, and Dr. H. H. Holmes, the serial killer who lured his victims to their deaths in his elaborately constructed "Murder Castle."

Burnham and the architects

Holmes and associates

1895 newspaper image of Dr. Henry Howard Holmes

Other figures

External media
Author Erik Larson
Audio
The Devil in the White City, Weekend Edition, National Public Radio, Larson interviewed by Scott Simon, 10:01, April 5, 2003
Video
Booknotes - The Devil in the White City, C-SPAN, 58:00, September 14, 2003.

Film adaptation

Leonardo DiCaprio purchased the film rights to the book in 2010; the movie is to be produced by Paramount Pictures, Stacey Sher and Michael Shamberg's Double Feature Films, and DiCaprio's own production company Appian Way Productions.[2][3] Writer Graham Moore was originally hired to adapt the book into a screenplay, but it was later reported that Billy Ray would be writing the script.[4] Martin Scorsese will direct.

Honors

References

External links

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