Crime of the Century: The Lindbergh Kidnapping Hoax

Gregory Ahlgren; Stephen Monier

ISBN 10: 0828319715 / ISBN 13: 9780828319713

Published by Branden Books, 1993

Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. No markings to text block. Inscribed by authors on title page. Foxing to top of text block.; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall; Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 39423

Synopsis:

CRIME OF THE CENTURY The Lindbergh Kidnapping Hoax
by Gregory Ahlgren
and Stephen Monier

After it was announced that the twenty month old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was abducted on March 1, 1932, the entire world grieved for their loss. Seventy-two days later, the body was found in the woods next to a roadway, a short distance from Lindbergh's house, near Hopewell, New Jersey.
In 1927, Lindbergh was the first to fly solo across the Atlantic in his Spirit of St. Louis. By 1932, he was perhaps the most famous man alive. A great American hero, he was allowed to be the chief architect of the investigation into his son's kidnapping. He demanded that the body be cremated without an autopsy.
This book traces the 2½ year investigation by the New Jersey State Police, headed by Colonel H. Norman Schwarz¬kopf, and which led to the arrest, trial, conviction and execu¬tion of Bruno Richard Hauptmann. It challenges the effective¬ness of the investigation, and the evidence advanced by the prosecution, which convicted Hauptmann.
More importantly, it dissects evidence previously over¬looked of Lindbergh's own role in his son's disappearance, which, in combination with the authors' expert analysis, leads to a new and bold assertion as to who actually committed the Crime of the Century."

Bibliographic Details

Title: Crime of the Century: The Lindbergh ...
Publisher: Branden Books
Publication Date: 1993
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First Edition.