‘Maniac’ Recounts Deadliest School Mass Murder In American History

Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer, by Harold Schechter

Author Harold Schechter details the 1927 school bombing in Bath Township, Mich., that killed 38 children and six adults. Days later, Charles Lindbergh’s famous transatlantic flight captured headlines.

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Author Harold Schechter details the 1927 school bombing in Bath Township, Mich., that killed 38 children and six adults. Days later, Charles Lindbergh’s famous transatlantic flight captured headlines.