Displaying 1 of 1 2014 Format: Book Author: Montillo, Roseanne. Title: The wilderness of ruin : a tale of madness, fire, and the hunt for America's youngest serial killer / Roseanne Montillo. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York, NY : William Morrow, 2014. Description: 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm 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. Subjects: Pomeroy, Jesse Harding, 1859- Serial murderers -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography. Juvenile homicide -- Massachusetts -- Boston. Murder -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History. Boston (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-300) and index. 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. LCCN: 2014029798 ISBN: 9780062273475 (hardcover) 0062273477 (hardcover) 9780062273482 (pbk.) 0062273485 (pbk.) Other Number: 885092717 System Availability: 5 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 5 Control Number: 505776 # Local items in: 5 # System items in: 5 Call Number: 364.1523 Montillo Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
