MacHarg, William S.
McKim, Charles
McKim, Mead and White
McKim, Sarah
McLean Asylum, Olmsted in
Magic Kingdom (Disney)
Manila, citywide plans for
Mann, Henry D.
Masonic Temple, Chicago
Masters, Edgar Lee
Maxwell, John
May, Chicago
Maynard, George W.
Mazhar, Farida
Mead, William R.
Medill, Joseph
Merchant & Co.
Middleton, Doc
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig
Miles, Gen. Nelson A.
Millet, Francis
as director of color
as director of functions
on Titanic,
Monroe, Harriet
Montgomery Ward
Moore, Charles
Moore, Fannie
Moorman, Elvet
Morgan, G. F.
Morgan, J. Pierpont
Moses, Phoebe Anne (Annie Oakley)
Mount Wilson Observatory
Moyamensing Prison, Philadelphia
Mudgett, Herman Webster
birth and early years of
insurance frauds of
jobs taken by
name change of
wife of
see also Holmes, H. H.
Muirhead, James Fullerton
murder:
death sentence for
motives for
Murphy, Edward W.
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
“My Country ’Tis of Thee”
National Cordage Company
Nebraska Savings Bank
New York Central Railroad
New York City:
architects in
Burnham’s buildings in
Burnham’s travel to
Central Park in
Columbus celebration in
as cultural center
dinner to honor Burnham in
Flatiron Building in
Madison Square Garden in
Metropolitan Opera House in
population of
as proposed fair site
Northern Pacific Railroad
Oakley, Annie
offensive feet, advice to overcome
Oker, John and Lora
Olmsted, Frederick Law
on boats
and Burnham
death of
European trip of
and fair’s closing
and fair’s construction
and fair’s landscaping
and fair’s plans
ill health of
on landscape architecture
in McLean Asylum
personal traits of
reputation of
and site
as supervising architect
Olmsted, John
Olmsted, Mary
Olympic,
Onderdonk, Andrew
O’Rourke, John J.
Otis, Della
Otis, Elisha Graves
Owens, Henry
Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer
Padereweski, Ignace Jan
Palace of Fine Arts, Chicago
Palmer, Bertha Honore
Palmer, Potter
Pangalos, George
Panic of 1873
Panic of 1893
Panic of 1907
Paris:
competition with
Eiffel Tower in
Exposition Universelle in
Pasteur, Louis
Patti, Adelina
Peabody, Robert
Peck, Ferdinand W.
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia:
Centennial Fair in
grand jury in
Holmes in
Holmes’s trial in
Moyamensing Prison in
population of
Pickett, M. B.
Pinchot, Gifford
Pinkerton National Detective Agency
Pitezel, Alice
Pitezel, Benjamin
and building construction
children of
death of
in Fort Worth
and insurance fraud
at Keeley Institute
names used by
physical appearance of
Pitezel, Carrie Canning
Pitezel, Dessie
Pitezel, Howard
Pitezel, Nellie
Pitezel, Wharton
plate glass, development of
Pledge of Allegiance
Poe, Edgar Allan
Poetry magazine
Poet’s Life, A (Monroe)
Post, George B.
Postal Telegraph Company
Pound, Ezra
Prendergast, Patrick Eugene Joseph
Pretyman, William
Prospect Park, Brooklyn
psychopath, use of term
Pullman, George
Putnam, Frederick
Quinlan, Patrick
Rain-in-the-Face, Chief
“Rattlesnake” Pete
Reading Railroad
Rice, Col. Edmund
Rice, Luther V.
Richards, David
Riis, Jacob
Ritchel, C. F.
Rodney, Lucille
Roebling, John Augustus
Roosevelt, Theodore
Root, Charles T.
Root, Dora Monroe
Root, Elihu
Root, John Wellborn
as architect
artistic nature of
birth and early years of
as bon vivant
death of
as fair’s chief architect
health problems of
partnership of Burnham and, see Burnham & Root
soil problem solved by
travel of
wives of
Root, Mary Walker
Ross, Alexander
Russell, Lillian
Ryves, Thomas
Sabbatarian movement
St. Gaudens, Augustus
St. Louis:
bridge over the Mississippi at
Holmes in
as proposed fair site
St. Louis Republic,
St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York
S. A. Kean & Co.
San Francisco, citywide plans for
Satt, Hilda
Saturday Afternoon Club
Schnooks, John
Schufeldt, Lt. Mason A.
Schuyler, Montgomery
Scott, William
Shankland, Edward
Sherman (bull)
Sherman, John B.
Sherman, William Tecumseh
Shredded Wheat
Silver Ash Institute
Sinclair, Upton
Sister Carrie (Dreiser)
Sitting Bull, Chief
Smythe, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Soldier Field, Chicago
Standing Bear, Chief
Stanley, Henry
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
Starrett, Paul
“Star-Spangled Banner, The”
Statue of the Republic (“Big Mary”)
Stead, F. Herbert
Stead, William
Steffens, Lincoln
Stewart, Evelyn
suffragist movement
Sullivan, John L.
Sullivan, Louis
and Adler
and Auditorium
autobiography of
competition of Burnham and
ego of
fading career of
Golden Door of
Transportation Building by
and World’s Fair
and Wright
Swango, Michael
Talmadge, Thomas
Taylor, Mrs. D. C.
Tesla, Nikola
Thomas, J. C.
Th
omas, Theodore
Thompson, Jennie
Titanic,
Toronto:
children’s bodies found in
grand jury in
Holmes in
Torture Doctor, The (Franke)
Train, George Francis “Citizen”
Trude, Alfred S.
Tucker, Horace
Turner, Frederick Jackson
Twain, Mark
Ulrich, Rudolf
Union League, Chicago
Union Station, Washington, D.C.
Union Stock Yards, Chicago
Bridge of Sighs of
passenger depot of
stench of
Stone Gate of
tours of
Union Trust Company Bank, Chicago
United German Singing Societies
United Nations, charter of
United States, pride in
University Club, Chicago
USS Michigan,
Uzanne, Octave
Van Brunt, Henry
Vanderbilt, George Washington
Vaux, Calvert
Veragua, duke of (last living descendent of Columbus)
vertical file, invention of
Villard, Henry
Waldorf-Astoria, New York
Walker, John
Wall Street, panic on
Ward, Aaron Montgomery
Warner Glass Bending Company
Washburne, Hempstead
Washington, D.C.:
citywide plans for
as proposed fair site
Washington Park, Chicago
Wathen, W. H.
Watson, Carrie
Watterson, Henry
Waukesha spring water
Weber, Max
Web of Life, The (Herrick)
Wellington Catering Company
Western Union
Westinghouse, George
Westinghouse Electric Company
Wheeler, Candace
Wherritt (panicked man)
White, Rose
White, Sara Osborne
White, Stanford
Whitechapel Club
White Star Line
Wight, Peter
Willard, Frances E.
Williams, Anna “Nannie,”
death of
and Holmes
and Minnie
Williams, Minnie R.
apartment of
birth and early years of
in Chicago
Holmes’s stories about
meeting Holmes
property of
relationship of Holmes and
sister of, see Williams, Anna
Wilson, Woodrow
Wistar Institute, Philadelphia
Wizard of Oz (Baum)
World’s Columbian Exposition (1893)
abandoned buildings of
accidents at
Administration Building
Agriculture Building
American Cities Day
aquarium
architects of
attendence at
belly dancers in
“Big Mary” (Statue of the Republic)
boats of
challenge of
Chicago Day
Children’s Building
city selected for
closing of
Cold Storage Building
Columbia Fountain
Columbian Guard
construction of
Dedication Day of
Electricity Building
exhibits in
expectations of
Ferris Wheel, see Ferris Wheel
final preparations of
finances of
fires in,
Grand Court of Honor
harmony in
Horticulture Building
idea of
impact of
Independence Day
Krupp Pavilion
and labor unrest
landscaping of
Leather Building
lighting of
Machinery Building
MacMonnies Fountain
magic of
Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building
Midway ball
Midway Plaisance
Mines Building
miracles at
Natatorium
official seal of
Opening Day of
Peristyle,
photography of
profitability of
promotion of
and railroad fares
rainfall on
rough plans of
salvage value of
services in
site selection for; see also Jackson Park
size of
structural integrity of
Sunday closings of
time constraints for
Time-Saver guide to
Transportation Building
water supply of
as White City,
windstorm
Woman’s Building
Wooded Island
World’s Columbian Exposition Company, formation of
World’s Fair Hotel
Anna’s visit to
construction of
destruction of
evidence of deaths in
financing of
guests in
Holmes’s methods in
kiln of
odors in
Wright, Frank Lloyd
Wyckoff, Walter
Yates, A. A. (pseud.)
Yoke, Georgiana
Zahtoobe (Dahoman),
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Erik Larson, author of the international best-seller Isaac’s Storm, has written for Harper’s, The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and Time Magazine, where he is a contributing writer. He is a former staff writer for The Wall Street Journal. He lives in Seattle with his wife, three daughters, and assorted pets, including a dog named Molly.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Larson, Erik.
The devil in the white city : murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America / Erik Larson.—ed.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Mudgett, Herman W., 1861–1896. 2. Serial murderers—Illinois—Chicago—Biography. 3. Serial murders—Illinois—Chicago—Case studies. 4. World’s Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) I. Title.
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2002154046
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