{"product_id":"fiend-the-shocking-true-story-of-americas-youngest-serial-killer-9780671014483","title":"Fiend: The Shocking True Story of Americas Youngest Serial Killer","description":"\u003cb\u003eA MONSTER PREYED UPON THE CHILDREN OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY BOSTON. HIS CRIMES WERE APPALLING -- AND YET HE WAS LITTLE MORE THAN A CHILD HIMSELF.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e Harold Schechter, whose true-crime masterpieces are well-documented nightmares for anyone who dares to look (\u003ci\u003ePeoria Journal Star\u003c\/i\u003e), brings his acclaimed mix of page-turning storytelling, brilliant insight, and fascinating historical documentation to \u003ci\u003eFiend\u003c\/i\u003e -- an unforgettable account from the annals of American crime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallery Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780671014483\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.17h x 6.10w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2000 pg. 1268\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/02\/2000 pg. 75\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harold Schechter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42038675144885,"sku":"9780671014483","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b9f05b66-1568-4f25-b608-de694705da8d.jpg?v=1649738304","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fiend-the-shocking-true-story-of-americas-youngest-serial-killer-9780671014483","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}