{"product_id":"the-man-from-the-train-bill-james-9781476796253","title":"The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn Edgar Award finalist for Best Fact Crime, this \"impressive...open-eyed investigative inquiry wrapped within a cultural history of rural America\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) shows legendary statistician and baseball writer Bill James applying his analytical acumen to crack an unsolved century-old mystery surrounding one of the deadliest serial killers in American history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBetween 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRiveting and immersive, with writing as sharp as the cold side of an axe, \u003ci\u003eThe Man from the Train\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bill James, Rachel McCarthy James\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476796254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476796253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/22\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews Fall Preview\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2017 pg. 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/10\/2017","brand":"Bill James","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44049376149759,"sku":"9781476796253","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_30f8682d-94c2-4290-977e-30505b3037c6.jpg?v=1685001226","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-man-from-the-train-bill-james-9781476796253","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}