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The wicked boy : the mystery of a Victorian child murderer  Cover Image Preloaded Audio Preloaded Audio

The wicked boy : the mystery of a Victorian child murderer / Kate Summerscale.

Summary:

This intriguing and compelling true-crime tale of gruesome murder in Victorian London also uncovers an extraordinary story of a man's capacity to overcome the past. Violence.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 DAISY audio disc (10 hours, 30 minutes) : sound, 12 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, 2018.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
The three of us -- All I know is that we are rich -- I will tell you the truth -- The machine and the abyss -- A kiss goodbye -- This is the knife -- Chronicles of disorder -- Here goes nothing -- Cover her face -- The boys springing up amongst us -- It is all over now -- Box him up -- Those that know not what they do -- To have you home again -- In the plastic stage -- Smooth in the morning light -- Such a hell of a noise.
Restrictions on Access Note:
For the exclusive use of persons with a print disability.
Participant or Performer Note:
Narrated by: Barbara Drum Sullivan.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:
Digital talking book. 2 levels and 30 navigation points. Digitally mastered.
Target Audience Note:
Contains violence. NLS/BPH
Female narrator. NLS/BPH
Additional Physical Form available Note:
Also available for inter library loan on cartridge from the contributing library.
Original Version Note:
Recorded from: New York : Penguin Press, 2016. 9781594205781
Awards Note:
Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime, 2017.
Subject: Coombes, Nathaniel, 1883-1946 > Childhood and youth.
Coombes, Nathaniel, 1883-1946 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Coombes, Robert, 1882-1949 > Childhood and youth.
Coombes, Robert, 1882-1949 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Criminal investigation > London (England) > History.
Juvenile homicide > England > London > History > 19th century.
Murder > Investigation > England > London > History > 19th century.
Trials (Homicide) > London (England) > History.
Genre: True crime stories.
Nonfiction.
Talking books.

Available copies

  • 0 of 1 copy available at Sitka.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Burns Lake Public Library NF DCD Sum (Text) 35198000767013 DAISY CDs Volume hold Checked out 2024-07-25


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