The Devil in the White City

PROLOGUE

Aboard the Olympic

The date was: Burnham identified the suite numbers in a diary entry dated April 3, 1912; Burnham Archives, Diary, Roll 2. For information about the Olympic and Titanic see Brinnin; Lynch; Eaton and Haas; and White Star. The last, which reprints articles published in 1911 from Shipping World and Shipbuilder, includes detailed specifications of both ships as well as maps and schematics of the Olympic’s decks and accommodations.

“This prolonging: Moore, Burnham, Architect, 2:172.

“the greatest event: Miller, 488.