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The Devil in the White City: Book Commercial (3rd Block Spring 2009)

Posted in The Devil in the White City, Book Commercials, Third Block S09 on Jun 2nd, 2009 No Comments »

When pride of place ranked second only to pride of blood.

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The Devil in the White City #2

Posted in The Devil in the White City, Third Block S09 on May 31st, 2009 No Comments »

In their last literature circle discussion, Brianna summarized the second half of the book, Emily zoned out in the “Black City” chapter, Morgen got confused when Larson was explaining the characters’ life after the fair (she lost track of who was who), Emma connected Ferris’s procrastination to her own, Katie wondered why no one got suspicious earlier when Holmes’s victims disappeared, and Alex investigated some great summative facts about the Fair:

65 total exhibits
46 nations participated
cost was over $28 million
almost 26 million admissions

Check back this week for their book commercial!

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The Devil in the White City #1

Posted in The Devil in the White City, Third Block S09 on May 27th, 2009 No Comments »

In their first podcast, Morgen summarizes the passage, Alex finds imagery (”The lake was beautiful and always changing in hue and texture…” [55]), Emily asks the group if there’s anyone they could partner with successfully like Burnham and Root, Katie shares the “opulence” of her vocabulary, and Emma illustrates Holmes’s charm: