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

Montillo, Roseanne. (Author).

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.

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  • ISBN: 0062273477
  • ISBN: 0062273485
  • ISBN: 9780062273475
  • ISBN: 9780062273482
  • Physical Description: 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Producer: New York, NY : William Morrow, 2014.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-300) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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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Subject: Pomeroy, Jesse Harding, 1859-1932.
Juvenile homicide > Massachusetts > Boston.
Murder > Massachusetts > Boston > History.
Serial murderers > Massachusetts > Boston > Biography.
Boston (Mass.) > History > 19th century.
Genre: Biographies.

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