The Alienist, by Caleb Carr
@Fallon: I ordered this one for my Kindle. Looks good! They used different terminology for many things back in that time. Erik Larson used many such terms in the Devil in White City book. I'm glad I read it on my Kindle. I can just put the cursor on a word and it gives you the definition.I've also ordered some books about Frederick Law Olmsted. He was the designer of the grounds and landscape of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair as well as NY's Central Park, Stanford University grounds, Biltmore and many other impressive locations. He traveled the world by ship and just before the Civil War, he traveled through Texas by horseback and wrote a book about it. There was an article about him in Sunday's newspaper. He loved the Hill Country with its neat little German/Bavarian towns. He had considered staying/living there, but got word that he won the contract to design Central Park.
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