The Wilderness of Ruin
A Tale of Madness, Fire, and the Hunt for America's Youngest Serial Killer
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Documents a series of child abductions in Great Fire-devastated Boston and the discovery of their teenaged killer that sparked a system-changing investigation and influential debates among the world's most revered medical minds.
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.
Subjects:
Pomeroy, Jesse Harding, 1859-1932.
Serial murderers -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography.
Juvenile homicide -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Murder -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History.
Boston (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century.
Pomeroy, Jesse Harding, 1859-1932.
Serial murderers -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography.
Juvenile homicide -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Murder -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History.
Boston (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN:
9780062273475 (hardcover)
| Availability | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
| TRUE CRIME Mon | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 12/16/2023) |
| TRUE CRIME Mon | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
| TRUE CRIME Mon | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
| TRUE CRIME Mon | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-300) and index.
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