The Kidnap Years: The Astonishing True History of the Forgotten Epidemic That Shook Depression-Era America by David Stout

The Kidnap Years: The Astonishing True History of the Forgotten Epidemic That Shook Depression-Era America

David Stout

464 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime dark slow-paced
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"A thrilling account that puts the 1932 Lindbergh baby kidnapping case, billed as "the crime of the century," in the context of the thousands of other kidnappings that occurred in the U.S. during the Prohibition and Depression eras...will enthrall...

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reflective 9%

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