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The man from the train : the solving of a century-old serial killer mystery, Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James
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The item The man from the train : the solving of a century-old serial killer mystery, Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- "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 Villisca, 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 crimes, he began to investigate others that might fit the same pattern. Applying the analytical acumen he brings to 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, and in turn, uncovered one of the deadliest serial killers in American history."--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xi, 464 pages
- Isbn
- 9781476796253
- Label
- The man from the train : the solving of a century-old serial killer mystery
- Title
- The man from the train
- Title remainder
- the solving of a century-old serial killer mystery
- Statement of responsibility
- Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James
- Subject
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- trueMass murder
- Mass murder -- Iowa | Villisca -- History
- Mass murder -- Middle West -- History
- trueMass murder investigation
- Mass murder investigation -- Iowa | Villisca -- History
- Mass murder investigation -- Middle West -- History
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
- Serial murder investigation -- Iowa | Villisca -- History
- Serial murder investigation -- Middle West -- History
- Serial murderers -- Iowa | Villisca -- History
- Serial murderers -- Middle West -- History
- TRUE CRIME / Murder / Serial Killers
- trueTrue crime -- Historical crime
- True crime stories
- trueSerial murderers
- trueCold cases (Criminal investigation)
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- trueHistory writing -- United States
- trueIowa
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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 Villisca, 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 crimes, he began to investigate others that might fit the same pattern. Applying the analytical acumen he brings to 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, and in turn, uncovered one of the deadliest serial killers in American history."--
- Summary
- A celebrated baseball statistician uses his analytic skills and interesting sleuthing techniques to uncover the culprit in a 100 year-old cold case involving a spate of axe bludgeoning deaths across the country, from Iowa to Louisiana
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- 10572918
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1949-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- James, Bill
- Dewey number
- 364.152/3209777
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- James, Rachel McCarthy
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- True
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- Serial murderers
- Serial murder investigation
- Mass murder investigation
- Mass murder
- Serial murderers
- Serial murder investigation
- Mass murder
- Mass murder investigation
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
- TRUE CRIME / Murder / Serial Killers
- Target audience
- adult
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- the solving of a century-old serial killer mystery
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- The man from the train : the solving of a century-old serial killer mystery, Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James
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- ocn962016034
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xi, 464 pages
- Isbn
- 9781476796253
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2017005190
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- unmediated
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- (OCoLC)962016034
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- The man from the train : the solving of a century-old serial killer mystery, Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James
- Carrier category
- volume
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- nc
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- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn962016034
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xi, 464 pages
- Isbn
- 9781476796253
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2017005190
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)962016034
Subject
- trueMass murder
- Mass murder -- Iowa | Villisca -- History
- Mass murder -- Middle West -- History
- trueMass murder investigation
- Mass murder investigation -- Iowa | Villisca -- History
- Mass murder investigation -- Middle West -- History
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
- Serial murder investigation -- Iowa | Villisca -- History
- Serial murder investigation -- Middle West -- History
- Serial murderers -- Iowa | Villisca -- History
- Serial murderers -- Middle West -- History
- TRUE CRIME / Murder / Serial Killers
- trueTrue crime -- Historical crime
- True crime stories
- trueSerial murderers
- trueCold cases (Criminal investigation)
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- trueHistory writing -- United States
- trueIowa
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