Burnham then faces many compromising forces, such as late-arriving building drafts, significant global economic decline, union strikes, construction injuries and deaths, and discovery of an attraction more amazing than the Eiffel Tower of the 1889 World's Fair in Paris. Early on, Burnham is left on his own after the untimely death of partner John Root. Throughout the novel, Daniel Burnham encounters many obstacles that threaten the success of the fair at all stages of construction. Daniel Burnham and his then partner, John Root, are given the honor of being the architects who build the fair and consequently, a more positive global reputation for Chicago. This sequence of events begins in 1890, when Chicago wins the bid for the 1893 World's Exposition. The story of Daniel Burnham, his building of the fair, and the struggles he overcomes in order to make the enterprise a success form one plot line. Holmes, the serial killer who exploits the fair to find his victims. The other plot line focuses on character H.H. One plot line centers on Daniel Burnham, the architect who builds the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. In the process, he creates two separate, yet connected plot lines and attempts to fill in some of the gaps left by history. In The Devil in the White City, author Erik Larson uses extensive research to recreate the lives of two real men and to reinvent Chicago during the World's Columbian Exposition. However, Part IV of the novel takes the reader to Philadelphia circa 1895. This nonlinear novel is divided into four parts with the first three parts of the novel primarily taking place in Chicago between the years 1890-1893. 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. Minor Characters: Holmes Plot Characters.
Minor Characters: Burnham Plot Characters.
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