H. H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (709 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071YGP15S |
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| Number of Pages | : | 535 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Best book on Holmes so far!" according to Karl Sarpolis. Probably the best book out there on H. H. Holmes. Adam Selzer cut through all the malarkey and gets the true story out in a sensible way. I truly enjoyed reading it and am reading it a second time so I did not miss something.. I was interested in this book because I took the author's tour in Chicago and loved the way he wove together facts with legends Bethany Robison The way this author conducts his research and presents it is so impressive to me, deeply informative and entertaining. I was interested in this book because I took the author's tour in Chicago and loved the way he wove together facts with legends in his stories. He's dug so deep into Holmes lore and found so many new details, it's staggering. Love reading this author's nonfiction.. Too long by a fourth. I thought the first half was quite good, great character analysis of this wicked man. But after the arrest, the book flags.
This is the first truly comprehensive book examining the life and career of the murderer who has become one of America's great supervillains. It reveals not only the true story but how the legend evolved, taking advantage of hundreds of primary sources that have never been examined before, including legal documents, letters, articles, and records that have been buried in archives for more than a century. Although Holmes is just as famous now as he was in 1895, this deep analysis of contemporary materials makes clear how much of the previously known story came from reporters who were nowhere near the action, a dangerously unqualified new police chief, and lies invented by Holmes himself.