About the book: - All dialogue is from actual sources - The events in the book are in chronological order - Number 1 New York Times best seller - Won Edger Award for best fact crime writing - Finalist for National Book Award - Genres: true crime, biography, non fiction
Sources: eriklarsonbooks.com creative nonfiction.org Google Source
- Born January 3, 1954 in Brooklyn, NY - Grew up in Freeport, Long Island, NY - Read Nancy Drew books, The Count of Monte Cristo, other mystery-type novels - Studied Russian history at the University of Pennsylvania - Attended Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism - Wrote for the Wall Street Journal and Time magazine - Has taught non-fiction at San Francisco State University, Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars, and the University of Oregon - He and his wife have three daughters and live in Seattle, Washington - Wrote six novels (1992-2011) - Read The Alienist by Caleb Carr, which inspired his novels
World events: -George w. ferris, invented the Ferris wheel specifically for the event, to go up against France's Eiffel Tower. -716,881 people attended the worlds fair in Chicago 1893 -the date was picked to commemorate the day of the Chicago fire in 1871 -3 years preparation, it opened to the public from may 1st 1893 - oct. 30 1893 -occupied 630 acres in Jackson park and the midway plaisance
About the book:
ReplyDelete- All dialogue is from actual sources
- The events in the book are in chronological order
- Number 1 New York Times best seller
- Won Edger Award for best fact crime writing
- Finalist for National Book Award
- Genres: true crime, biography, non fiction
Sources: eriklarsonbooks.com
creative nonfiction.org
Google Source
About the Author:
ReplyDelete- Born January 3, 1954 in Brooklyn, NY
- Grew up in Freeport, Long Island, NY
- Read Nancy Drew books, The Count of Monte Cristo, other mystery-type novels
- Studied Russian history at the University of Pennsylvania
- Attended Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
- Wrote for the Wall Street Journal and Time magazine
- Has taught non-fiction at San Francisco State University, Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars, and the University of Oregon
- He and his wife have three daughters and live in Seattle, Washington
- Wrote six novels (1992-2011)
- Read The Alienist by Caleb Carr, which inspired his novels
Sources
creativenonfiction.org
wikipedia.org
World events:
ReplyDelete-George w. ferris, invented the Ferris wheel specifically for the event, to go up against France's Eiffel Tower.
-716,881 people attended the worlds fair in Chicago 1893
-the date was picked to commemorate the day of the Chicago fire in 1871
-3 years preparation, it opened to the public from may 1st 1893 - oct. 30 1893
-occupied 630 acres in Jackson park and the midway plaisance