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Author:

Montillo, Roseanne.

Title:

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

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

William Morrow,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

320 p. cm.

Subject:

Pomeroy, Jesse Harding,--1859-
Serial murderers--Boston--Boston--Biography.
Juvenile homicide--Boston.--Boston.
Murder--Boston--Boston--History.
Boston (Mass.)--History--19th century.
Pomeroy, Jesse Harding,--1859-
Juvenile homicide.
Murder.
Serial murderers.
Massachusetts--Boston.
1800 - 1899
Biography.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references 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.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

0062273493 (e-book)
9780062273499 (e-book)
0062273485 (pbk.)
9780062273482 (pbk.)
0062273477 (hardcover)
9780062273475 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)885092717

LCCN:

2014029798

Locations:

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

EBPE325 -- Estherville Public Library (Estherville)

HFPB765 -- Gilmore City Public Library (Gilmore City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

ZXPC675 -- Fisher-Whiting Memorial Library (Mapleton)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

DAPG173 -- Mason City Public Library (Mason City)

KOPC446 -- H.J. Nugen Public Library (New London)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

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HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)