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MerryBlooms

(11,901 posts) Sun May 17, 2015, 06:20 AM May 2015

World's Columbian Exposition

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I'm finishing up my read of, "The Devil in the White City", by Erik Larson. I guess I haven't gotten to this part yet. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-man-who-wrote-the-pledge-of-allegiance-93907224/?no-ist&page=2 I recently watched/listened to, http://www.amazon.com/Expo-Magic-White-Gene-Wi…/…/B004S77WA2 to get a 'feel' for the Chicago World's Fair, and I wasn't disappointed.

Super book, super documentary.

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World's Columbian Exposition (Original Post) MerryBlooms May 2015 OP

Apparently, Leo DiCaprio is planning a movie on this topic: Cooley Hurd May 2015 #1

I hope they do the book justice. MerryBlooms May 2015 #2

There's a documentary by NatGeo, but I couldn't find a link to it... Cooley Hurd May 2015 #3

I'll search around later for it and if I find it, I'll post it. :) MerryBlooms May 2015 #6

real page turner. mopinko May 2015 #4

So good, thanks for recommending it to me! Little did I know, MerryBlooms May 2015 #7

That's a poster for the 1933 Century of Progress Fair frazzled May 2015 #5

Thanks for pointing that out. Oops. :P edited. MerryBlooms May 2015 #8

Cooley Hurd

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1. Apparently, Leo DiCaprio is planning a movie on this topic:

Reply to MerryBlooms (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2015, 07:10 AM

May 2015

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil_in_the_White_City#Film_adaptation

MerryBlooms

(11,901 posts)

2. I hope they do the book justice.

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Reply #1)

Sun May 17, 2015, 09:07 AM

May 2015

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)

3. There's a documentary by NatGeo, but I couldn't find a link to it...

Reply to MerryBlooms (Reply #2)

Sun May 17, 2015, 09:09 AM

May 2015

but I know I've watched it...

MerryBlooms

(11,901 posts)

6. I'll search around later for it and if I find it, I'll post it. :)

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Reply #3)

Sun May 17, 2015, 09:44 AM

May 2015

mopinko

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4. real page turner.

Reply to MerryBlooms (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2015, 09:18 AM

May 2015

should be mandatory reading for people who think the city is wild these days.

MerryBlooms

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7. So good, thanks for recommending it to me! Little did I know,

Reply to mopinko (Reply #4)

Sun May 17, 2015, 09:46 AM

May 2015

the book was already on one of our bookshelves. I'd mentioned to my husband I wanted it, and that's when he let me know he already had a copy.

frazzled

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5. That's a poster for the 1933 Century of Progress Fair

Reply to MerryBlooms (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2015, 09:41 AM

May 2015

held near Northerly Island on Lake Michigan, not the 1893 World Columbian Exposition held in Jackson Park on the South Side (the subject of Devil in the White City).

It's an interesting book, though!

MerryBlooms

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8. Thanks for pointing that out. Oops. :P edited.

Reply to frazzled (Reply #5)

Sun May 17, 2015, 09:51 AM

May 2015

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