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

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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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Montillo, Roseanne
Format: Book
Language:English
Edition:1st ed.
Physical Description:
308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects:
Pomeroy, Jesse Harding, -- 1859-1932.
Serial murderers -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography.
Juvenile homicide -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Murder -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History.
Boston (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century.
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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