The Devil in the White City

i don't enjoy non-fiction very often, but when i do, it involves some pretty twisted stuff.

while it's easy to read about things like the 1893 world's fair on wikipedia to get the general idea of what all went down, it's much more interesting and a better way to spend your time reading something like this work, which delves into one of the darker aspects of the huge event. many people know about h.h. holmes, but the book also gives the perspective of one of the people who planned the world's fair, which puts holmes' deviousness and cruelty into context. like a true crime doc, it was almost impossible to tear myself away from this once i had picked it up, and i truly recommend it to anyone remotely interested in a very dark moment of america's history.