Fiend: The Shocking True Story of Americas Youngest Serial Killer

A MONSTER PREYED UPON THE CHILDREN OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY BOSTON. HIS CRIMES WERE APPALLING -- AND YET HE...
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Author: Harold Schechter
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Fiend: The Shocking True Story of Americas Youngest Serial Killer by Schechter, Harold

Fiend: The Shocking True Story of Americas Youngest Serial Killer

BD$25.57

Fiend: The Shocking True Story of Americas Youngest Serial Killer

BD$25.57
Author: Harold Schechter
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A MONSTER PREYED UPON THE CHILDREN OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY BOSTON. HIS CRIMES WERE APPALLING -- AND YET HE WAS LITTLE MORE THAN A CHILD HIMSELF. When fourteen-year-old Jesse Pomeroy was arrested in 1874, a nightmarish reign of terror over an unsuspecting city came to an end. "The Boston Boy Fiend" was imprisoned at last. But the complex questions sparked by his ghastly crime spree -- the hows and whys of vicious juvenile crime -- were as relevant in the so-called Age of Innocence as they are today. Jesse Pomeroy was outwardly repellent in appearance, with a gruesome "dead" eye; inside, he was deformed beyond imagining. A sexual sadist of disturbing precocity, he satisfied his atrocious appetites by abducting and torturing his child victims. But soon, the teenager's bloodlust gave way to another obsession: murder. Harold Schechter, whose true-crime masterpieces are "well-documented nightmares for anyone who dares to look" (Peoria Journal Star), brings his acclaimed mix of page-turning storytelling, brilliant insight, and fascinating historical documentation to Fiend -- an unforgettable account from the annals of American crime.

Author: Harold Schechter
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: 10/01/2000
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.17h x 6.10w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9780671014483


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2000 pg. 1268
Publishers Weekly 10/02/2000 pg. 75

About the Author
Schechter, Harold: - Harold Schechter is a professor of American literature and culture. Renowned for his true-crime writing, he is the author of the nonfiction books Fatal, Fiend, Bestial, Deviant, Deranged, Depraved, and, with David Everitt, The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers. He is also the author of Nevermore and The Hum Bug, the acclaimed historical novels featuring Edgar Allan Poe. He lives in New York State.

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