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Price: $12.95
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Sale: $11.95
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Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Ludovic Kennedy
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Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Dewey Decimal Number: 364.1540974965
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Publication Date: 1996-09-01
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Reading Level: 448
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Description: "At a trial events are often seen in a distorted perspective. A violent event has taken place, and we work backwards from it, considering primarily the evidence bearing on that event. If we work forwards in a natural sequence, from a natural starting point, this evidence may wear a very different appearance." These words from mystery writer Julian Symons are the inspiration for this evenhanded, chronological approach to the paired stories of Charles Lindbergh, whose child was kidnapped and murdered in 1932, and Bruno Richard Hauptmann, who was tried, convicted, and executed for the crime. In a quietly affecting style, Ludovic Kennedy acquaints us with the characters of Lindbergh and Hauptmann in the years before their fates intertwined. Then he outlines the chain of events that led to this textbook case of how to frame an innocent person for a crime. Kennedy wisely sidesteps the vexing question of who did kill the Lindbergh baby to focus on the unforgettable story of the kind and hardworking German carpenter who became a scapegoat for a country's guilt. Note: this book was first published in 1985 as The Airman and the Carpenter, and has a new (1996) introduction by the author.
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Price: $21.95
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Sale: $4.94
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Manufacturer: Citadel
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: John Reisinger
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Publisher: Citadel
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Dewey Decimal Number: 363.25952309749
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Publication Date: 2006-08-01
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Reading Level: 320
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Description: "Fascinating reading for true-crime buffs and mystery fans alike." --Max Allan Collins Known as the greatest detective in the world, Ellis Parker was the "American Sherlock Holmes" who solved ninety-eight percent of the murders he pursued. Yet his illustrious forty-year career ended tragically in prison, where he died on the very eve of certain Presidential pardon. Here is a riveting account of the ultimate sleuth, a man who solved his first crime as a teen by nabbing the thief who stole his father's horse and buggy. Drawing on the emerging discipline of psychology and his uncanny deductive skills, Parker was a "profiler" long before the term existed, and often apprehended criminals without ever leaving his desk! Then came the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh's baby son in 1932. From that moment things began to go wrong--terribly wrong--as Parker pushed himself past the bounds of law in pursuit of the truth. A fascinating look at America in the early years of a tumultuous century, Master Detective paints a long-overdue portrait of an exceptionally talented and driven man who, in the end, stopped at nothing in his quest for justice. "A riveting read. In Reisinger, America's real-life Sherlock Holmes has found his Watson."--John Lutz
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Price: $7.98
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Sale: $4.25
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Manufacturer: Harcourt
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Brendan Gill
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Publisher: Harcourt
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 629.130924
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Publication Date: 1980-05
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Reading Level: 216
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Description: "The day after which nothing could be the same for him was Friday, May 20, 1927. That morning, alone in a little plane powered by a single engine, Charles A. Lindbergh took off from a muddy runway on the outskirts of New York. His destination was Paris." So begins Brendan Gill's book about the most extraordinary feat of one of our century's most extraordinary men. With his clarity of vision and his characteristic elegance, Gill gives us a meditation on one man's unprecedented accomplishment, and the world's overwhelming response.
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Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Ludovic Kennedy
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Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Dewey Decimal Number: 364.1540974965
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Publication Date: 1986-06-01
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Reading Level: 496
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Price: $30.00
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Sale: $30.00
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Manufacturer: Paladwr Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Mike Machat
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Publisher: Paladwr Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 903
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Publication Date: 1997-12
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Reading Level: 56
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Manufacturer: Reader's Digest Association
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Charles A. Lindbergh
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Publisher: Reader's Digest Association
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Publication Date: 1992
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Manufacturer: Gem Pub. Co
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Binding: Unknown Binding
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Author: Gage Lindbergh
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Publisher: Gem Pub. Co
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Publication Date: 1927
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Reading Level: 5
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Manufacturer: The Sunday Denver Post
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Binding: Unknown Binding
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Author: Daniel R Danbom
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Publisher: The Sunday Denver Post
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Publication Date: 1978
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Price: $15.99
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Sale: $9.95
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Manufacturer: Knopf Books for Young Readers
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Chris L. Demarest
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Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
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Dewey Decimal Number: 629.13092
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Publication Date: 1993-08-10
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Description: An illustrated, easy-to-read biography of Charles Lindbergh chronicles the life and achievements of the pioneering aviator, from his childhood, through his days as a barnstorming pilot, to his record-breaking flight across the Atlantic.
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Price: $28.95
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Sale: $28.94
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Manufacturer: Van Every Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Dale Van Every
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Publisher: Van Every Press
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Publication Date: 2007-03-15
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Reading Level: 256
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Description: Text extracted from opening pages of book: CHARLES LINDBERGH HIS LIFE BY DALE VAN EVERY AND MORRIS DEHAVEN TRACY INTRODUCTION BY KARL A. BICKBL PRESIDENT OB 1 THE UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS NEW YORK #-& LONDON D. APPLETON AND COMPANY MCMXXVII > B. Y The source material upon which this account of Captain Lindbergh's career is based, was collected in the United States and Europe by the news organization of the United Press Associations. Copyright, 1927, by the United Press Associations PRINTED UT THB XTNITBD STATES OJF INTRODUCTION This narrative of the career of Charles Lind bergh is really the product of the extraordinary interest in his personality shown by millions of people. Judged by the response felt from the readers of hundreds of newspapers, no single figure of our time has so caught the imagination of people every where. Newspapers around the world have found it impossible to tell too much about him. His admirers were not content to read about his great flight. They wished to know how he became what he is to-day. To meet this demand the United Press prepared a condensed life story of Captain Lindbergh which was published in its member newspapers. Material for this story was secured much the same as other news information would be secured through a world wide news organization. Instructions were wired to every branch office in every city and town in the United States and abroad where Lindbergh or his immediate ancestors had resided or even visited. Responses to this request poured into head-V INTRODUCTION quarters by wire, cable, wireless and air mail. Al most immediately there was assembled an amazing quantity of information concerning Lindbergh. Scores of friends of the Lindbergh family were interviewed, many companions of Lindbergh's youth told what they remembered about him, official records and old newspaper files were examined in fact al most every conceivable source of information was investigated by United Press representatives. Far more material accumulated than had been an ticipated. Lindbergh, as might have been expected, proved in the light of all this data to have had a thoroughly colorful and interesting career. One of the most interesting figures in the world to-day to the general public, he was in a sense equally interest ing as a boy of ten when he used to sit on a bicycle seat attached in the top of a tree and dream of flying. It seemed appropriate to bind together this mass of carefully collected material in some permanent form and this boot is the result of this endeavor. The authors, members of the editorial staff of the United Press, assembled all the facts which were gathered as I have indicated and from them wrote the narrative account as it is set down in this story of Lindbergh's career. Morris DeHaven Tracy and Dale Van Every, the vi INTRODUCTION writers, have asked me to acknowledge the gener ous assistance and counsel of the following: Robert J. Bender, General News Manager of the United Press; A. L. Bradford; Ralph Heinzen and John O'Brien of the Paris staff of the United Press ; Carl D. Groat, William J. McEvoy and Joseph Was ney of the Washington staff; Louis Keemle and Lyle C. Wilson of the New York staff; Marben Graham of the Detroit staff; Webb Miller, Clifford Day, Keith Jones and Charles McCann of the Lon don staff; Fred C. Othman of the Denver staff; Harry C. McCormick of the Lincoln staff; Kenneth G. Crawford of the St. Louis staff; and, in general, of practically every member of the United Press news organization which as a whole made this book a possibility. They also wish to acknowledge the important aid rendered by Ernest J. Carlson of Little Falls, Min nesota, Myron V. Depcw of the San Diego Sun, T. L, Greenfield of Butte, Montana, and J. C. Oslin of the San Antonio News. KAEL A. BICKEL, President, The United Press Associations CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PAGE V I. THE BOY AND THE MAN .... 1 II. THE LINDBERGH FAMILY . 12 III. BOYHOOD 25 IV. THE TREE TOP 33 V. THE FORMATIVE YEARS ....
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