The wilderness of ruin, a tale of madness, fire, and the hunt for America's youngest serial killer, Roseanne Montillo
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The wilderness of ruin, a tale of madness, fire, and the hunt for America's youngest serial killer, Roseanne Montillo
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-300) and index
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The wilderness of ruin
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Roseanne Montillo
Sub title
a tale of madness, fire, and the hunt for America's youngest serial killer
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
Table Of 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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- Biographies
- Biography
- 1800 - 1899
- History
- Pomeroy, Jesse Harding, 1859-
- Juvenile homicide
- Murder
- Juvenile homicide -- Massachusetts -- Boston
- Serial murderers -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography
- Massachusetts + Boston
- Serial murderers
- Murder -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History
- Boston (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century
- Pomeroy, Jesse Harding, 1859-1932
Content
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- Classification1
- Creator1
- Genre3
- Subject14
- Biographies
- Biography
- 1800 - 1899
- History
- Pomeroy, Jesse Harding, 1859-
- Juvenile homicide
- Murder
- Juvenile homicide -- Massachusetts -- Boston
- Serial murderers -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography
- Massachusetts + Boston
- Serial murderers
- Murder -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History
- Boston (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century
- Pomeroy, Jesse Harding, 1859-1932
- Content1