Subject: Serial murderers

Book published in Philadelphia by Barclay in 1875. Purporting to be the autobiography of Anson Bunker (1818-1873), a convicted and executed serial killer, this book recounts numerous murders, including that of Benjamin Nathan, a prominent New York City Jew. While presented as a factual account, the book's accuracy is questionable; the murder of Benjamin Nathan, a significant event covered in the New York Times, remains unsolved, and no one named Anson Bunker was ever implicated. The book also describes Bunker's purported participation in the Canadian Rebellion and the American Civil War. This edition is unlisted in Singerman, not located on OCLC, and not in McDade. Wright 3337a. Other printings from the 1870s and 1880s exist, all considered rare. This book is significant for being possibly the first published in the United States to detail the murder of a Jewish person.