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Engrossing . . . exceedingly well documented . . . utterly fascinating. -- Chicago Tribune <br> A dynamic, enveloping book. . . . Relentlessly fuses history and entertainment to give this nonfiction book the dramtic effect of a novel. . . . It doesn't hurt that this truth is stranger than fiction. --The New York Times <br> So good, you find yourself asking how you could not know this already. -- Esquire <br> Another successful exploration of American history. . . . Larson skillfully balances the grisly details with the far-reaching implications of the World's Fair. -- USA Today <br> As absorbing a piece of popular history as one will ever hope to find. -- San Francisco Chronicle <br> Paints a dazzling picture of the Gilded Age and prefigure the American century to come. -- Entertainment Weekly <br> A wonderfully unexpected book. . . Larson is a historian . . . with a novelist's soul. -- Chicago Sun-Times <br>

""" Engrossing . . . exceedingly well documented . . . utterly fascinating."" -- ""Chicago Tribune """" A dynamic, enveloping book. . . . Relentlessly fuses history and entertainment to give this nonfiction book the dramtic effect of a novel. . . . It doesn't hurt that this truth is stranger than fiction."" "" --The New York Times """" So good, you find yourself asking how you could not know this already."" -- ""Esquire """" Another successful exploration of American history. . . . Larson skillfully balances the grisly details with the far-reaching implications of the World's Fair."" -- ""USA Today """" As absorbing a piece of popular history as one will ever hope to find."" -- ""San Francisco Chronicle """" Paints a dazzling picture of the Gilded Age and prefigure the American century to come."" -- ""Entertainment Weekly """" A wonderfully unexpected book. . . Larson is a historian . . . with a novelist's soul."" -- ""Chicago Sun-Times "" ""Engrossing . . . exceedingly well documented . . . utterly fascinating."" --""Chicago Tribune """"A dynamic, enveloping book. . . . Relentlessly fuses history and entertainment to give this nonfiction book the dramtic effect of a novel. . . . It doesn't hurt that this truth is stranger than fiction."""" --The New York Times """"So good, you find yourself asking how you could not know this already."" --""Esquire """"Another successful exploration of American history. . . . Larson skillfully balances the grisly details with the far-reaching implications of the World's Fair.""--""USA Today """"As absorbing a piece of popular history as one will ever hope to find.""--""San Francisco Chronicle """"Paints a dazzling picture of the Gilded Age and prefigure the American century to come.""--""Entertainment Weekly """"A wonderfully unexpected book. . . Larson is a historian . . . with a novelist's soul.""--""Chicago Sun-Times """

Engrossing . . . exceedingly well documented . . . utterly fascinating. -- Chicago Tribune A dynamic, enveloping book. . . . Relentlessly fuses history and entertainment to give this nonfiction book the dramtic effect of a novel. . . . It doesn't hurt that this truth is stranger than fiction. --The New York Times So good, you find yourself asking how you could not know this already. -- Esquire Another successful exploration of American history. . . . Larson skillfully balances the grisly details with the far-reaching implications of the World's Fair. -- USA Today As absorbing a piece of popular history as one will ever hope to find. -- San Francisco Chronicle Paints a dazzling picture of the Gilded Age and prefigure the American century to come. -- Entertainment Weekly A wonderfully unexpected book. . . Larson is a historian . . . with a novelist's soul. -- Chicago Sun-Times

Engrossing . . . exceedingly well documented . . . utterly fascinating. -- Chicago Tribune A dynamic, enveloping book. . . . Relentlessly fuses history and entertainment to give this nonfiction book the dramtic effect of a novel. . . . It doesn't hurt that this truth is stranger than fiction. --The New York Times So good, you find yourself asking how you could not know this already. -- Esquire Another successful exploration of American history. . . . Larson skillfully balances the grisly details with the far-reaching implications of the World's Fair. -- USA Today As absorbing a piece of popular history as one will ever hope to find. -- San Francisco Chronicle Paints a dazzling picture of the Gilded Age and prefigure the American century to come. -- Entertainment Weekly A wonderfully unexpected book. . . Larson is a historian . . . with a novelist's soul. -- Chicago Sun-Times Engrossing . . . exceedingly well documented . . . utterly fascinating. -- Chicago Tribune A dynamic, enveloping book. . . . Relentlessly fuses history and entertainment to give this nonfiction book the dramtic effect of a novel. . . . It doesn't hurt that this truth is stranger than fiction. --The New York Times So good, you find yourself asking how you could not know this already. -- Esquire Another successful exploration of American history. . . . Larson skillfully balances the grisly details with the far-reaching implications of the World's Fair. -- USA Today As absorbing a piece of popular history as one will ever hope to find. -- San Francisco Chronicle Paints a dazzling picture of the Gilded Age and prefigure the American century to come. -- Entertainment Weekly A wonderfully unexpected book. . . Larson is a historian . . . with a novelist's soul. -- Chicago Sun-Times

Engrossing . . . exceedingly well documented . . . utterly fascinating. -- Chicago Tribune A dynamic, enveloping book. . . . Relentlessly fuses history and entertainment to give this nonfiction book the dramtic effect of a novel. . . . It doesn't hurt that this truth is stranger than fiction. --The New York Times So good, you find yourself asking how you could not know this already. -- Esquire Another successful exploration of American history. . . . Larson skillfully balances the grisly details with the far-reaching implications of the World's Fair. -- USA Today As absorbing a piece of popular history as one will ever hope to find. -- San Francisco Chronicle Paints a dazzling picture of the Gilded Age and prefigure the American century to come. -- Entertainment Weekly A wonderfully unexpected book. . . Larson is a historian . . . with a novelist's soul. -- Chicago Sun-Times Engrossing . . . exceedingly well documented . . . utterly fascinating. -- Chicago Tribune A dynamic, enveloping book. . . . Relentlessly fuses history and entertainment to give this nonfiction book the dramtic effect of a novel. . . . It doesn't hurt that this truth is stranger than fiction. --The New York Times So good, you find yourself asking how you could not know this already. -- Esquire Another successful exploration of American history. . . . Larson skillfully balances the grisly details with the far-reaching implications of the World's Fair. -- USA Today As absorbing a piece of popular history as one will ever hope to find. -- San Francisco Chronicle Paints a dazzling picture of the Gilded Age and prefigure the American century to come. -- Entertainment Weekly A wonderfully unexpected book. . . Larson is a historian . . . with a novelist's soul. -- Chicago Sun-Times

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