Roseanne Montillo
1) The wilderness of ruin: a tale of madness, fire, and the hunt for America's youngest serial killer
Author
Language
English
Description
Documents a series of child abductions against the backdrop of the Great Boston Fire of 1872, and the discovery of the teenaged killer that sparked a system-changing investigation and influential debates among the world's most revered medical minds.
Author
Publisher
Willam Morrow / HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
322 p. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Motillo brings to life the fascinating times, startling science, and real-life horrors behind Mary Shelley's gothic masterpiece, Frankenstein.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
307 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes how author Truman Capote became obsessed with the true crime story of a Manhattan socialite who shot her banking heir husband in 1955, and discusses how publication of his book led to her suicide and his own scandalous downfall.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
266 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"They were leaning over the edge of the unknown and afraid of what they would discover there: Meet the World War II female scientists who worked in the secret sites of the Manhattan Project. Recruited not only from labs and universities from across the United States but also from countries abroad, these scientists helped in -- and often initiated -- the development of the atomic bomb, taking starring roles in the Manhattan Project. In fact, their...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2017].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
285 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The inspiring and irresistible true story of the women who broke barriers and finish-line ribbons in pursuit of Olympic Gold When Betty Robinson assumed the starting position at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, she was participating in what was only her fourth-ever organized track meet. She crossed the finish line as a gold medalist and the fastest woman in the world. This improbable athletic phenom was an ordinary high school student, discovered...
