Table of Contents
Prologue: War and Peace xi
I "A Real Boom Town" 1
II Hell Gate 13
III The Seeds of Madness 21
IV "Selected by Destiny" 34
V "A Man with a Hammer" 39
VI Chasing Shadows 60
VII The "Twelfth Street Prophet" 69
VIII "The Greatest Manhunt in the History of the Police Department" 74
IX A City in Turmoil 80
X Profile of a Bomber 85
XI Christmas in Manhattan 104
XII "An Innocent and Almost Absurdly Simple Thing" 109
XIII "Plenty of Whacks" 113
XIV "The Four Fishermen" 123
XV Alice Kelly 143
XVI "The Price of Peace" 150
XVII "Your Next Door Neighbor" 162
XVIII Rewards, Accolades, and Accusations 171
XIX A Question of Competency 184
XX "As Plain as the Nose on Your Face" 199
XXI "His Days on Earth are Numbered" 205
XXII The Birth of Criminal Profiling 212
XXIII Right from Wrong 220
XXIV Matteawan 225
Epilogue 241
Acknowledgments 245
Author's Note on Sources 247
Notes 248
Bibliography 293
Index 305