{"product_id":"words-of-a-monster-rebecca-frost-9781476677040","title":"Words of a Monster: Analyzing the Writings of H.H. Holmes, America's First Serial Killer","description":"\u003cp\u003e Decades before the term \"serial killer\" was coined, H.H. Holmes murdered dozens of people in his now-infamous Chicago \"Murder Castle.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In his autobiography, Holmes struggled to define himself in the language of the late nineteenth century. As the \"first\"--or, as he labeled himself, \"The Greatest Criminal of the Age\"--he had no one to compare himself to, and no ready-made biographical structure to follow. Holmes was thus nearly able to invent himself from scratch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book minutely inspects how Holmes represented himself in his writings and confessions. Although the legitimacy of Holmes' accounts have been called into question, his biography mirrors the narrative structure of the true crime genre that emerged decades after his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rebecca Frost\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476677042\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476677040\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Exposit Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 283\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Rebecca Frost","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935547556095,"sku":"9781476677040","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_a75a7f75-52fe-4d52-91be-e35258238b05.jpg?v=1681420433","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/words-of-a-monster-rebecca-frost-9781476677040","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}