The World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 was America's opportunity to eclipse the 1889 World's Fair held in Paris which had wounded the pride of our nation. With the whole world watching, endless opportunities were available to us to achieve the impossible. One man used the opportunity provided by the World's Fair to build a city that could make America proud. Another used his eminence to help him become one of the most feared serial killers of the era. These two men, “their destinies were linked by a single magical event” (xi). They represent Chicago as a black and white city; a clash between good and evil. The Exhibition organized in Paris a few years earlier had unveiled the Eiffel Tower, perhaps the most remarkable monument of the time. In order to prove itself, America needed to create a fair that would be at least equal to this engineering marvel. The first of the two men was Daniel Burnham, a gifted architect and the builder and chief organizer of the Fair. It represents the American idealism that one can achieve the impossible, as was done at the Fair. The “White City,” as the exhibit became known as ...