America's first female serial killer Jane Toppan and the making of a monster

The nurse from hell: Always cheerful, helpful, and sweet, nurse Jane Toppan was the last person you would suspect to administer a dose of death. When countless patients sought treatment for minor ailments and ended up dead, it was often thought accidental, due to the shortcomings of medicine in the...

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Main Author: McBrayer, Mary Kay (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Coral Gables : Mango Publishing, [2020]
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505 0 |a Many things can be true -- Indenture -- Hospital -- Homes -- Criminal -- Epilogue: The staff: Tauton Asylum, 1938. 
520 |a The nurse from hell: Always cheerful, helpful, and sweet, nurse Jane Toppan was the last person you would suspect to administer a dose of death. When countless patients sought treatment for minor ailments and ended up dead, it was often thought accidental, due to the shortcomings of medicine in the late 1800s. But behind the jolly mask, there was a monster that was years in the making. America's First Female Serial Killer is an imagined retelling of Jane Toppan--one of the deadliest poisoners of all time--and readers will get a fly-on-the-wall perspective of her life and crimes that will leave you up at night. 
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