This is a book, about two other books, and about a murder. Well, maybe it was a murder. It was certainly a tragedy. The subtitle is “Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne”. The story revolves around Sarah Maria Cornell, who was found dead in a Rhode Island field in December of 1832. Read More
Tag: True Crime
The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson
This is almost two books, one about the creation of the Chicago World’s Fair, or World’s Columbian Exposition; the other basically a true crime story about a serial killer who took advantage of the Fair to lure some of his victims. He is the “devil” of the title; the White City was the nickname for Read More