America. New York: Vintage‚ 2004. 447 Pages. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson is a book centered around the events of the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893. This book features a dual storyline following the events of Daniel Burnham and his involvement in the architectural design of the World’s Fair‚ and Dr. H H Holmes‚ a man using Chicago and the World’s Fair to his advantage in a killing spree. Though these two story lines do not interact with each other directly‚ it serves the great
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inaccuracies or fillers to catch the audience’s attention and make it more interesting to watch. Some films about the past‚ like Chicago‚ were inspired by an era and/or events that have occurred at that time‚ but off skew for entertainment purposes. Right at the beginning of the article the author writes “Chicago is a musical. It does not claim to be history.” Yes‚ Chicago does stem from and was inspired by the trials of Belva Gaertner and Beulah Annan; however the film is crime comedy and not Documentary
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October 10‚ 1924‚ provoking a gang war.[18][19] In 1925‚ Torrio was severely injured in an attack by the North Side Gang; he turned over his business to Capone and returned to Italy. During the Prohibition Era‚ Capone controlled large portions of the Chicago underworld‚ which provided The Outfit with an estimated US$100 million per year in revenue.[20] This wealth was generated through numerous illegal vice enterprises‚ such as gambling and prostitution; the highest revenue was generated by the sale of
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effects of urbanization. The Fair introduced life-changing new technologies to the world and catalyzed the discovery of innovative methods for architecture. Early in the book the architects run into the issue of creating buildings on the marshy Chicago earth for fear that the buildings would sink into the ground‚ posing numerous health risks and safety hazards. To combat this obstacle‚ Root devised a plan of layering multiple steel beams in a grillage‚ and then covering the grillage with Portland
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10‚ 1924‚ provoking a gang war.[19][20] In 1925‚ Torrio was severely injured in an attack by the North Side Gang; he turned over his business to Capone and returned to Italy. During the Prohibition Era‚ Capone controlled large portions of the Chicago underworld‚ which provided The Outfit with an estimated US$100 million per year in revenue.[21] This wealth was generated through numerous illegal vice enterprises‚ such as gambling and prostitution; the highest revenue was generated by the sale of
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contributions that Adams made to the community was the establishment of the Hull house in 1889. Her goal was to draw attention to the moral decay that was occurring in the society and attempt to renovate it and this place would do that. When visiting Chicago she stumbled upon some of the immigrants that inhabited that industrialised area. She became aware of the fact that many of these individuals worked in factories and had very poor living conditions so giving them a place to gather outside of their
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Indiana‚ Illinois‚ Michigan‚ Ontario‚ Quebec‚ Wisconsin‚ and Ohio. There was as much as 2 feet of snow in many areas. The blizzard began on January 2‚ 1999 through January 4‚ 1999. Chicago was one of the biggest cities impacted by the storm measuring up to 22 inches of snow and rated the 2nd worst blizzard in Chicago by the National Weather Channel. Record temperatures hit a low of below 20 degrees Fahrenheit and up to 50 degrees in some places. This all resulted in airports and train stations
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Bessie Coleman Bessie Coleman was the first African American female pilot. Starting off in a racist Texas Bessie worked as a laundress after she dropped out of college. At the age of twenty three she decide to move in in with her brother in Chicago to find a better life. After hearing stories of World War I pilots she had a sudden interest in flying. Due to discrimination Bessie could not go to an aviation school in America‚ so she moved to France to pursue her dreams. After this she came back
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commentary of the time‚ but is now a legend. His classic boy from the ghetto turned generous multi-millionaire story only adds to the heroism seen in this most famous Chicago mobster. Chicago’s industries‚ open spaces and four seasons were an enormous magnet for the 19th century Europeans looking for a home and opportunity. The frontier Chicago grew into a wonderful collection of ethnic neighborhoods - Irish‚ Italian‚ Russian‚ Greek‚ German‚ Polish and others. In many of these communities‚ making beer and
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Open for approximately 120 years‚ the Hull House in Chicago aided countless‚ different people. Some of those residents eventually rose to prominence and impacted even more people on local‚ state‚ and national levels. This beacon of reform served its purpose for many years and the residents helped make life as we know it today. However‚ this reform would never have been possible if Jane Addams had not been around. As an activist‚ reformer‚ sociologist‚ president and founder of several organizations
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