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Ron Chernow's 1998 biography chronicles the life of John D. Rockefeller, the American business magnate who founded the Standard Oil Company.
Erik Larson's 2003 historical narrative intertwines the story of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair with the murders of serial killer H.H. Holmes.
American novelist (1862–1937) and the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1921 for 'The Age of Innocence'), whose works dissect Gilded Age New York society.
Stanford White was an American architect and McKim, Mead & White partner, noted for New York's Washington Square Arch, completed in 1892.
The Prairie Avenue Historic District in Chicago showcases remarkably preserved residences from the mid-19th century, reflecting the city's elite residential development and architectural evolution during that period.
