The wilderness of ruin : a tale of madness, fire, and the hunt for America's youngest serial killer
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The wilderness of ruin : a tale of madness, fire, and the hunt for America's youngest serial killer
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ISBN:
9780062273475
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
The inhuman scamp -- The bridge -- The marble eye -- The boundless sea -- The great fire -- Loss of innocence -- Katie -- The wolf and the lamb -- The twisted mind -- Patience personified pomeroy -- Madness unleashed -- Unearthed.
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Summary:
Documents a series of child abductions against the backdrop of the Great Boston Fire of 1872, and the discovery of the teenaged killer that sparked a system-changing investigation and influential debates among the world's most revered medical minds.
