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Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer
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Readers
21/100Critics
67/100Scholars
Author:
Harold Schechter
Publisher:
Little A
Date:
March 9, 2021
On May 18, 1927, the deadliest school murder in American history unfolded in Michigan when a politician and farmer angry about school taxes detonated a set of rigged explosives with the sole purpose of destroying a primary school and everyone in itâsetting the stage for a century of mass violence to come.
What The Reviewers Say
It's not an easy book to read—the details of the terrorist act are, as you might expect, extremely horrifying—but it's a fascinating look at one of the most unspeakable events in American history.
Exhaustively researched and told in an unflinching narrative...bringing a crime from almost 100 years ago into sharp modern-day detail.
Readers may wish for more detail on Kehoe's own psychology and thoughts; nevertheless, the minute-by-minute account of the event and the firsthand reports create a strong sense of place and time and bring this chilling story to life.
... a concise, harrowing work of social history.
