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INCENDIARY: The Psychiatrist, the Mad Bomber, and the Invention of Criminal

INCENDIARY: The Psychiatrist, the Mad Bomber, and the Invention of Criminal Profiling. Hardcover first edition - 2017

by Cannell, Michael

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New York:: St Martin's Minotaur, , (2017). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a fine dust jacket (highlighting to a few of the sources at the back of the book) . First printing. A fascinating account of the hunt for a serial bomber stalked the streets of 1950s New York. "The race to catch him would give birth to a new science called criminal profiling. For almost two decades, no place was safe from the man who signed his anonymous letters FP and left his lethal devices in phone booths, storage lockers, even tucked into the plush seats of movie theaters. . . In desperation, Police Captain Howard Finney sought the help of a little known psychiatrist, Dr. James Brussel, whose expertise was the criminal mind. Examining crime scene evidence and the strange wording in the bombers letters, he compiled a portrait of the suspect down to the cut of his jacket. But how to put a name to the description? Seymour Berkson, the publisher of the tabloid The Journal-American, joined in pursuit of the Mad Bomber and the three men hatched a brilliant scheme to catch him at his own game." Illustrated with photographs. Source notes, index. 290 pp. Photographic endpapers.
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  • Title INCENDIARY: The Psychiatrist, the Mad Bomber, and the Invention of Criminal Profiling.
  • Author Cannell, Michael
  • Binding Hardcover first edition -
  • Edition Advance Readers
  • Condition Used - Near fine in a fine dust jacket (highlighting to a few of the sources at the back of the book)
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher St Martin's Minotaur, , New York:
  • Date (2017)
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 87485
  • ISBN 9781250048943 / 125004894X
  • Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.1 in (23.62 x 16.51 x 2.79 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Criminal psychology, Criminal behavior, Prediction of
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2017000713
  • Dewey Decimal Code 363.325

About the author

MICHAEL CANNELL is the author of The Limit: Life and Death on the 1961 Grand Prix Circuit and I.M. Pei: Mandarin of Modernism. He was editor of the New York Times House & Home section for seven years and has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Sports Illustrated, and many other publications. He lives in New York City.

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