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Child Abduction in America

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An edition of Kidnapped (1997)

Kidnapped

Child Abduction in America

1st Harvar edition
  • 4 Want to read
  • 1 Have read

Kidnapped is a look at some of the great kidnapping cases in American history, the stories that have haunted parents over the past 125 years.

Fass describes the kidnapping of Charley Ross in 1874, the first of a series of kidnappings to be called "the crime of the century": the notorious case of Leopold and Loeb, two rich young men who murdered a younger cousin simply to see if they could get away with it; the abduction of Gloria Vanderbilt, the "poor little rich girl" taken by her own aunt at the start of a vicious custody battle; and the most famous case of all, the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby.

More importantly, Kidnapped presents, in a series of brilliant narratives, a window into the American mind, providing us with new insights into parenting and the American family, the media and our fascination with celebrity, policing and law enforcement, gender and sexuality, mental health, and much more.

Turning from these historic cases, she takes us back to crimes that have only recently fallen out of the headlines, such as the disappearance of Etan Patz in New York or Jacob Wetterling in Minnesota, and the growing industry revolving around missing children, from not-for-profit foundations publicizing missing children to for-profit businesses offering to insure children against kidnapping.

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Language
English
Pages
346

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Cover of: Kidnapped
Kidnapped: Child Abduction in America
March 7, 2006, Oxford University Press, USA
in English
Cover of: Kidnapped
Kidnapped: Child Abduction in America
September 1, 1999, Harvard University Press
Paperback in English - 1st Harvar edition
Cover of: Kidnapped
Kidnapped: child abduction in America
1997, Oxford University Press
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Library of Congress
HV6598 .F37 1999

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
346
Dimensions
8.9 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
Weight
1 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7670279M
Internet Archive
kidnappedchildab0000fass_x3s5
ISBN 10
067400082X
ISBN 13
9780674000827
LCCN
97027674
Library Thing
549527
Goodreads
6067414

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