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The Undiscovered Mastermind Behind the Lindbergh Kidnapping
Overlook
June 2012
On Sale: June 14, 2012
320 pages ISBN: 1590208560 EAN: 9781590208564 Kindle: B0087GIWJA Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction
For seventy-five years, the kidnapping and murder of Charles
Lindbergh's infant son has gone unsolved. Evidence, opinion,
and logic have discredited the notion that Bruno Richard
Hauptmann --electrocuted in 1936 --acted alone. In this
meticulous and authoritative account of the crime, the
trial, and the times of the Lindbergh kidnapping, Robert
Zorn clears away decades of ungrounded speculation
surrounding the case. Inspired by his father's relationship
with the actual accomplices --including the mastermind --he
presents the clearest ever picture of a criminal
partnership, which would shake every class and culture of
American society. Using personal possessions and documents,
never-before seen photographs, new forensic evidence, and
extensive research, Robert Zorn has written a shocking and
captivating account of the crime and the original "Trial of
the Century." From the ecstatic riots that followed the Spirit of St.
Louis on either side of the Atlantic, to the tragic night
that would shake America's sense of security, to the horror
of the New Jersey morgue where Lindbergh insisted on
verifying the identity of his son, Zorn's skillful treatment
meets this larger-than-life story and gives it definitive
shape --revealing the true story behind the crime, for the
first time.
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