Panic by Harold Schechter

88 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime challenging dark medium-paced

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During the Depression, economic anxieties found an outlet in a series of child murders that triggered an irrational nationwide hysteria: pedophiliac psychopaths were overrunning the country.As America was brought to rage and fury by the press and ...

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dark 100%
informative 61%
challenging 53%
sad 46%
emotional 30%
tense 30%
adventurous 7%
reflective 7%

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slow 7%

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