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| Format: | Hardcover | Language: | English |
| Publication Year: | 2017 | UPC: |
9781476796253 |
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| Using unprecedented, dramatically compelling sleuthing techniques, legendary statistician and baseball writer Bill James applies his analytical acumen to crack an unsolved century-old mystery surrounding one of the deadliest serial killers in American history. Between 1898 and 1912, families across the country were bludgeoned in their sleep with the blunt side of an axe. Jewelry and valuables were left in plain sight, bodies were piled together, faces covered with cloth. Some of these cases, like the infamous Villasca, Iowa, murders, received national attention. But few people believed the crimes were related. And fewer still would realize that all of these families lived within walking distance to a train station. When celebrated baseball statistician and true crime expert Bill James first learned about these horrors, he began to investigate others that might fit the same pattern. Applying the same know-how he brings to his legendary baseball analysis, he empirically determined which crimes were committed by the same person. Then after sifting through thousands of local newspapers, court transcripts, and public records, he and his daughter Rachel made an astonishing discovery: they learned the true identity of this monstrous criminal. In turn, they uncovered one of the deadliest serial killers in America. Riveting and immersive, with writing as sharp as the cold side of an axe, The Man from the Train paints a vivid, psychologically perceptive portrait of America at the dawn of the twentieth century, when crime was regarded as a local problem, and opportunistic private detectives exploited a dysfunctional judicial system. James shows how these cultural factors enabled such an unspeakable series of crimes to occur, and his groundbreaking approach to true crime will convince skeptics, amaze aficionados, and change the way we view criminal history. | |
| Product Identifiers | |
| Publisher | Scribner |
| ISBN-10 | 1476796254 |
| ISBN-13 | 9781476796253 |
| eBay Product ID (ePID) | 234631843 |
| Product Key Features | |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Publication Year | 2017 |
| Language | English |
| Dimensions | |
| Weight | 22.8 Oz |
| Width | 6in. |
| Height | 1.4in. |
| Length | 9in. |
| Additional Product Features | |
| Dewey Edition | 23 |
| Dewey Decimal | 364.152/3209777 |
| Copyright Date | 2017 |
| Author | Bill James, Rachel Mccarthy James |
| Number of Pages | 480 Pages |
| Lc Classification Number | Hv6534.V55j36 2017 |
| Publication Date | 2017-09-19 |
| Reviews | “[A] suspenseful historical account . . . The strength of the book hangs on [the authors’] diligent research and analysis connecting crimes into the closing years of the 19th century. Even those skeptical at the outset that one man was responsibile for so much bloodshed are likely to be convinced.” –Publishers Weekly (starred review), “Bill James, with his daughter, Rachel, has done something truly extraordinary. Not only has he solved one of the most tantalizing mysteries in the annals of American crime–the sensational case of the 1912 “Villisca Axe Murders”–but he has tied it to a long string of equally savage, though completely obscure, atrocities. The result is his discovery of a previously unknown serial killer who roamed–and terrorized–the country a century ago. Brilliantly researched and written in James’ snappily conversational style, The Man From the Train is a stunning feat of detection, an un-put-downable read, and a major contribution to American criminal history.”– Harold Schechter, author of The Serial Killer Files and Th e Mad Sculptor, “I began The Man on the Train a skeptic. Could the notorious Villisca Murders of 1912, an unsolved crime so well-chronicled over the past century, really be the work of a killer whose victims numbered well into the dozens? But by the end, Bill James & Rachel McCarthy James totally sold me on their reasoning, exhaustive research, and their sly, sober portrait of a justice system totally overmatched by the techniques and monstrosities of a man fitting the serial killer prototype we know almost too well. That they also fingered the culprit and name him is an even more shocking bonus. Don’t even think about missing out on this beautifully brilliant, bananas book.”– Sarah Weinman, editor of Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s & 1950s , “I began The Man on the Train a skeptic. Could the notorious Villisca Murders of 1912, an unsolved crime so well-chronicled over the past century, really be the work of a killer whose victims numbered well into the dozens? But by the end, Bill James & Rachel McCarthy James totally sold me on their reasoning, exhaustive research, and their sly, sober portrait of a justice system totally overmatched by the techniques and monstrosities of a man fitting the serial killer prototype we know almost too well. That they also fingered the culprit and name him is an even more shocking bonus. Don’t even think about missing out on this beautifully brilliant, bananas book.”– Sarah Weinman, editor of Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s & 1950s |
| Lccn | 2017-005190 |
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