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010      2017005190 
020    9781476796253 (hardback) 
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092    364.1523209|bJAM 
100 1  James, Bill,|d1949-|eauthor. 
245 14 The man from the train :|bthe solving of a century-old 
       serial killer mystery /|cBill James and Rachel McCarthy 
       James. 
250    First Scribner hardcover edition. 
264  1 New York :|bScribner,|c2017. 
300    xi, 464 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    "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"--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
650  0 Serial murderers|zIowa|zVillisca|xHistory. 
650  0 Mass murder investigation|zIowa|zVillisca|xHistory. 
650  0 Mass murder|zIowa|zVillisca|xHistory. 
650  0 Serial murderers|zMiddle West|xHistory. 
650  0 Mass murder|zMiddle West|xHistory. 
650  0 Mass murder investigation|zMiddle West|xHistory. 
700 1  James, Rachel McCarthy,|eauthor.