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nop_slide · 2022-04-25 · Original thread
"Devil in the White City" is a very fun read which covers the planning and execution of the Chicago World's fair in 1893. It also is interleaved with a tale of a psychopathic murderer who came to town at the same time.

https://www.amazon.com/Devil-White-City-Madness-Changed/dp/0...

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