John Root is the partner of Daniel Burnham; he accepts the challenge of building the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair along with Burnham. Root is the perfect partner and complement to Burnham. While Burnham has the business savvy and people skills, Root is truly the architectural genius behind the duo. Root’s […]
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Note: The Devil in the White City has two distinct plot lines running through the novel — one for each Burnham and Holmes. The characters in this list are organized by which plot line they belong to. Daniel Burnham, the protagonist, is a talented Chicago architect who, along with his […]
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The Devil in the White City is a literary nonfiction novel that spans the years surrounding the building of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, also known as The World’s Columbian Exposition, which was designed to commemorate the landing of Columbus in America. This nonlinear novel is divided into four parts […]
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