Pages Through the Ages Book Discussion: THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY

20 Jesup Road,Westport CT 06880

22 February, 2023

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Pages Through the Ages is a book discussion group hosted jointly by the Westport Museum for History and Culture and the Library. This month the group will discuss The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. Meetings will alternate between the buildings, so please check the venue prior to attending! Copies of the books are available at the Westport Library patron service desk or electronically. Registration suggested for this in-person event. The No. 1 New York Times bestseller about the architect who led the construction of the great Chicago World’s Fair of 1893, and the prolific serial killer who used the fair as a lure. Just blocks from the fairgrounds, the killer built a hotel of horrors equipped with an acid vat, dissection table and crematorium. The book won an Edgar Award for best fact-crime writing, and was a finalist for a National Book Award. “[Larson] relentlessly fuses history and entertainment to give this nonfiction book the dramatic effect of a novel. Mr. Larson has written a dynamic, enveloping book….It doesn’t hurt that this truth is stranger than fiction.”—THE NEW YORK TIMES Community Partner: Westport Museum for History & Culture