The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America Part II, Chapter 13 Summary

Dreadful Things Done by Girls

  • Trains with people and goods that will be on display at the fair zoom into Chicago.
  • Among such cargo are German weapons, Buffalo Bill and his Wild West show, sphinxes, mummies, and ostriches.
  • There's even a Moorish palace, an entire Algerian village, and the exotic Egyptian dancer Farida Mazhar.
  • Former mayor Carter Harrison kicks off his campaign for mayor and seems to be in the lead.
  • Prendergast continues writing his postcards with a simple understanding: if he helps Harrison win, he'll be rewarded with an appointment to corporation counsel.
  • Of course, Harrison doesn't even know Prendergast exists.
  • Harrison is elected mayor in April 1893.