The Wilderness of Ruin, (Hardcover)

from arelenriel

Normally I do not enjoy the type of book that combines two historical stories in one. That tends to be distracting and causes cognitive dissonance if the two stories are not even closely related. This was however a generally good books

from Othemts

This book appeared to follow the formula of The Devil in the White City, focusing on a city in 19th century through the lens of major events and a mass murderer operating in that city.  In this case the city is Boston, the murderer is Jesse Pomeroy, and the event is the Great Fire of 1872.  Excep...

from arelenriel

Normally I do not enjoy the type of book that combines two historical stories in one. That tends to be distracting and causes cognitive dissonance if the two stories are not even closely related. This was however a generally good books

from shelbycassie

I think calling this kid a serial killer might be a stretch. Although, he was stopped early on, so he might have become a serial killer. What interested me most about this book was how he was treated once he went to jail and how his life was from then on. Not sure it should have been quite as sev...

from loraineo

Jesse Pomeroy was a 12 year old boy living in Boston during the 1870's, who tortured and eventually murdered other children.. He spent 43 years in solitary confinement, eventually moved to a mental hospital . The book was very interesting,, Detailed Jesse's home life and the history of Boston at ...