Serial Killers

By Allison Lassieur

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560066504
• ISBN13: 9781560066507
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Lucent Books
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Don't read this book after dark!

This fascinating book is part of the History Makers series, a series of books for young adults that offer short biographies of people who made history, either for good or for ill. This particular book covers serial killers, and has biographies of Herman Mudgett (a.k.a. H.H. Holmes, The Torture Doctor), Albert Fish, Ed Gein, Andrei Chikatilo, John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, and Jeffrey Dahmer. Each murderer is given a full biography, covering his early years, crimes, capture, trial, and punishment. Overall, I found this to be a fascinating read. Though it is intended for young adults, don't sell this book short. In fact, it gives an excellent introduction to each of the murderers. Now, as you might expect with a book on this subject, many of the details of the crimes are quite horrifying, so this book should not be given to younger or more sensitive readers. But, that said, if you are interested in serial killers, this is a great book to begin with. My one suggestion - don't read this book after dark!

SERIAL KILLERS

SERIAL KILLLERS CAN BE ANYONE.YOUR FRIENDS NIEGHBORS,AND EVEN FAMILY MEMBERS.THIS IS A SAD FACT OF LIFE.PEOPLE ARE MURDERD EVERY DAY.THIS BOOK GOES TROUGH THE LIVES OF 7 SERIAL KILLERS. H.H.HOLMES A SAVAGE SERIAL KILLER WHO IS CONSIDERED BY SOME TO BE THE FIRST MODERN AMERICAN SERIAL KILLER.THIS BOOK EXPOSSES THE MOST HORRIFIC CRIMES THAT ENYONE HAS EVER SEEN.ED GEIN,ONLY KILLED TWO WOMEN BUT THIS BOOK TAKE YOU TO GEIN'S CULT LEGEN STATUS. SIMPLY BY THE NAME"TED BUNDY" IT INVOKES THE IMAGE OF BRUTALY MURDERED AND RAPED YOUNG GIRLS.BUNDY'S ACTION OF HIS CROSS-COUNTRY RAMPAGEIN TH 70'S TERRFIED THE ENTIRE NATION. THESE THREE OF SEVEN SIREAL KILLERS ARE NOT THE BEST KNOWN,BUT THEY ALLMADE AN INDELIDLE MARK IN AMERICAN HISTORY.