{"product_id":"maniac-the-bath-school-disaster-and-the-birth-of-the-modern-mass-killer-9781542025324","title":"Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarold Schechter, Amazon Charts bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHell's Princess\u003c\/i\u003e, unearths a nearly forgotten true crime of obsession and revenge, and one of the first--and worst--mass murders in American history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1927, while the majority of the township of Bath, Michigan, was celebrating a new primary school--one of the most modern in the Midwest--Andrew P. Kehoe had other plans. The local farmer and school board treasurer was educated, respected, and an accommodating neighbor and friend. But behind his ordinary demeanor was a narcissistic sadist seething with rage, resentment, and paranoia. On May 18 he detonated a set of rigged explosives with the sole purpose of destroying the school and everyone in it. Thirty-eight children and six adults were murdered that morning, culminating in the deadliest school massacre in US history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eManiac\u003c\/i\u003e is Harold Schechter's gripping, definitive, exhaustively researched chronicle of a town forced to comprehend unprecedented carnage and the triggering of a \"human time bomb\" whose act of apocalyptic violence would foreshadow the terrors of the current age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchechter, Harold:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eHarold Schechter is an American true-crime writer who specializes in serial killers. Twice nominated for the Edgar Award, he is the author of the nonfiction books \u003ci\u003eFatal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFiend\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBestial\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeviant\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeranged\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDepraved\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Serial Killer Files\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mad Sculptor\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMan-Eater\u003c\/i\u003e; the Amazon Charts and \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eHell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men\u003c\/i\u003e; the Amazon Original Stories collection \u003ci\u003eBloodlands\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eRipped from the Headlines\u003c\/i\u003e. Schechter received his PhD in American literature from the State University of New York in Buffalo. A professor emeritus at Queens College, he is married to the poet Kimiko Hahn. For more information, visit www.haroldschechter.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little a","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50860229755154,"sku":"9781542025324","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_453af68f-a78a-4f7f-9d0c-4f19dd2ced11.jpg?v=1737571005","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/maniac-the-bath-school-disaster-and-the-birth-of-the-modern-mass-killer-9781542025324","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}