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Who are the two real historical figures that Erik Larson focuses on in The Devil in the White City?
AUlysses S. Grant and Jesse James
BDaniel H. Burnham and H. H. Holmes✓
CFrederick Law Olmsted and Al Capone
DWilliam Randolph Hearst and Jack the Ripper
Rationale
The book tells the intertwined stories of Daniel H. Burnham, the architect behind the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and H. H. Holmes, a serial killer who exploited the fair to attract his victims.
Which author wrote The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America?
AJohn Berendt
BErik Larson✓
CDavid Grann
DSebastian Junger