{"product_id":"kidnap-years-the-the-astonishing-true-history-of-the-forgotten-kidnapping-epidemic-that-shook-depressionera-america-9781492694793","title":"Kidnap Years The The Astonishing True History of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDAVID STOUT writes for the New York Times and other outlets and is the Edgar Award-winning author of six books. He lives in Washington, DC, with his wife.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I feel vaguely guilty about having enjoyed The \u003ci\u003eKidnap Years\u003c\/i\u003e so much. A lot of blameless people died and a lot of evil people did terrible things, but David Stout writes with so much innocent enthusiasm that his book is addictive. Using the kidnapping of the Lindbergh Baby as a thread running through the years from the late 1920s to the mid-1930s, we are regaled with stories about gangsters, prohibition, early kidnappers and their victims, the formation and development of the F.B.I., and the passing of the Federal Kidnapping Act of 1932. This can't-put-down book reminds us that virtuoso detective work was done long before the discovery of DNA, and that criminals were being \"profiled\" well before the term to describe it came into common use.\" - \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eShelly Reuben, author of The Boys of Sabbath Street and Tabula Rasa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"David Stout's The \u003ci\u003eKidnap Years\u003c\/i\u003e is not only a riveting, page-turning collection of sensational true crime stories but a brilliant work of social history, a long-overdue examination of one of the most infamous chapters in the annals of American crime-the 1930s kidnapping epidemic.\" - \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHarold Schechter, author of Deranged: The Shocking True Story of America's Most Fiendish Killer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Blending meticulous research, the personal experiences of a seasoned journalist and a reader-friendly prose style, Dave Stout has produced a terrific book. If anyone has the chops to tackle this grim but compelling subject, it is Stout, an Edgar-award winning novelist, the author of other important true crime books and a longtime editor and reporter for the New York Times whose reporting assignments once required him to witness and a write about a state-sanctioned execution. \" - \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNeal Hirschfeld, author of Detective: The Insipirational Story of the Trailblazing Woman Cop Who Wouldn't Quit\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"David Stout's The \u003ci\u003eKidnap Years\u003c\/i\u003e is a great read and great history–a rollicking, often nail-biting chronicle of the wave of kidnappings that overwhelmed law-enforcement agencies in the Great Depression. New York Times-veteran Stout sheds important new light on the rise of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and on the \"Crime of the Century\"–the 1932 kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh's baby son.\" - \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhilip Shenon, New York Times-bestselling author of A Cruel and Shocking Act: The Secret History of the Kennedy Assassination\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With a page-one eye for detail and trenchant prose, David Stout's The \u003ci\u003eKidnap Years\u003c\/i\u003e feels like a Ken Burns documentary about the Depression-era phenomenon of kidnappings ripped from a police detective's whisky-soaked casebook. The spree of often violent abductions victimized the rich and celebrated, turned a few kidnappers into national anti-heroes and helped launch the careers of a generation of crime-fighting lawmen and prosecutors. The stories of these cases are as riveting as they are true.\" - \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDavid Johnston, former New York Times criminal justice reporter and co-author of Betrayal: The Story of Aldrich Ames, an American Spy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating crime book like no other.\" - \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDavid Cay Johnston, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"David Stout combines a newsman's savvy and a writer's touch in recounting a chilling and wrenching era in American history. A must-read for true crime aficionados.\" - \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEric Lichtblau, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author of The Nazis Next Door\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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 true crime fans.\" - \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly, STARRED review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this extensively researched and smartly focused true-crime compendium, award-winning Stout delves into the who, what, when, where, and how, if not necessarily the why, of this most frightening and exploitative of ordeals.\" - \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"At turns fascinating and heartbreaking, this expertly crafted history is a must-read for true crime aficionados.\" - \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal, STARRED Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Stout reconstructs these long-overlooked cases in rich detail, mining newspaper accounts and interviews with descendants of some of the victims... The \u003ci\u003eKidnap Years\u003c\/i\u003e is a captivating journey into the crime that helped to define the Depression era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \" - \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEllery Queen Mystery Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"Sourcebooks, Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49531069104471,"sku":"9781492694793","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781492694793.jpg?v=1731881565","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/kidnap-years-the-the-astonishing-true-history-of-the-forgotten-kidnapping-epidemic-that-shook-depressionera-america-9781492694793","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}