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The wilderness of ruin, a tale of madness, fire, and the hunt for America's youngest serial killer, Roseanne Montillo

Label
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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