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MerryBlooms

(11,903 posts) Sun May 17, 2015, 06:20 AM May 2015

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I'm finishing up my read of, "The Devil in the White City", by Erik Larson. I guess I haven't gotten to this part yet. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-man-who-wrote-the-pledge-of-allegiance-93907224/?no-ist&page=2 I recently watched/listened to, http://www.amazon.com/Expo-Magic-White-Gene-Wi…/…/B004S77WA2 to get a 'feel' for the Chicago World's Fair, and I wasn't disappointed.

Super book, super documentary.

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World's Columbian Exposition [View all] MerryBlooms May 2015 OP

Apparently, Leo DiCaprio is planning a movie on this topic: Cooley Hurd May 2015 #1

I hope they do the book justice. MerryBlooms May 2015 #2

There's a documentary by NatGeo, but I couldn't find a link to it... Cooley Hurd May 2015 #3

I'll search around later for it and if I find it, I'll post it. :) MerryBlooms May 2015 #6

real page turner. mopinko May 2015 #4

So good, thanks for recommending it to me! Little did I know, MerryBlooms May 2015 #7

That's a poster for the 1933 Century of Progress Fair frazzled May 2015 #5

Thanks for pointing that out. Oops. :P edited. MerryBlooms May 2015 #8