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Title: Crime of the Century: The Lindbergh Kidnapping and the Framing of Richard Hauptmann by Ludovic Henry Kennedy ISBN: 0-14-025812-4 Publisher: Penguin USA Pub. Date: 01 August, 1996 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Don't Miss This One!
Comment: This is one of the best books of its kind in the world. The author does a wonderful job of stitching it together. This goes beyond a page-turner: this book will take over your life. If you are at all interested in the tradition of mock trials fronting mock justice, this is one of the most ridiculous examples to ever hit the American big top.
Rating: 4
Summary: Amazing . . . disturbing . . . innocent until proven guilty?
Comment: As an avid fan of true crime, this book was recommended to me by my mother who told me to read "the original true crime book" (originally published as "The Airman and the Carpenter"). She was right! This book was terribly disturbing and really rocked my faith in the American legal system. I had heard stories about the Lindbergh kidnapping and how Hauptmann was NOT the kidnapper, but hearing those tales and reading the book and seeing everything in black and white are two very different things. The facts are astounding . . . people (including the "heroic" Charles Lindbergh) told outright lies and railroaded Hauptmann. His own lawyer basically said Haputmann was guilty and deserved the electric chair . . . NJ Chief of Police Schwarzkopf admitted that he would "do anything" for Lindbergh, including lie! It is a terrible shame how the media and the public crucified this man; he never had a chance. Everyone assumed his guilt from the beginning, and after actually reading fact after fact after fact that was blatantly ignored during the trial . . . it is disturbing and shocking. So much for "innocent until proven guilty" . . . in Hauptmann's case, everyone around him searched for clues that would make him look guilty, and if that meant fabricating evidence against him, then so be it. This book shows the justice system, the media, and the American public in general at its worst. I found myself becoming more and more angry and incensed as I turned each page, as people lied under oath, fabricated evidence, made up stories, and ignored evidence that would have cleared Hauptmann. I felt terrible for him, his wife, and child. I think people inherently believe that if they are innocent, everything will work out for the best and a judge and jury could not possibly believe lies and invented half-truths. An innocent man was put to death for something he obviously did not do. In this day and age, when a jury can find O.J. Simpson "not guilty," I think Bruno Richard Hauptmann should finally be exonerated and have his name cleared.
Rating: 5
Summary: I loved this book!
Comment: This is one of two books that served to convince me that Hauptmann was in fact innocent. I am delighted to see it is back in print, and with a new forward too!
Richard Hauptmann MUST be exonerated. What a shame it could not be done before his wife passed on.
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Title: Crime of the Century: The Lindbergh Kidnapping Hoax by Gregory Ahlgren, Stephen Monier ISBN: 0828319715 Publisher: Branden Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1993 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The Ghosts of Hopewell: Setting the Record Straight in the Lindbergh Case by Jim Fisher ISBN: 0809322854 Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: The Lindbergh Case by Jim Fisher ISBN: 0813521475 Publisher: Rutgers University Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1994 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Airman and the Carpenter: The Lindbergh Kidnapping and the Framing of Richard Hauptmann by Ludovic Henry Kennedy ISBN: 0670806064 Publisher: Penguin USA Pub. Date: 01 April, 1985 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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