Cox, Carolyn, 1949-

The snatch racket : the kidnapping epidemic that terrorized 1930s America / Carolyn Cox. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Prologue -- Part 1 -- 1. The Good Samaritans -- 2. "This . . . Is Not Manchuria or China or Russia" -- Part 2 -- 3. The Snatch of the Eaglet -- 4. The Colonel's Mission -- 5. Lifting the Veil -- 6. "Ay, Doctor" -- 7. Competing Investigations -- Part 3 -- 8. Call NAtional 8-7117 -- 9. Epidemic -- 10. The Road to Paradise -- 11. The Symbol of the Crusade -- Part 4 -- 12. The All-American Boy -- 13. Framing God's Bagman -- 14. "Like a Damned Albatross around My Neck" -- 15. Fifty-Three Crates of Furniture -- Part 5 16. "Johnny, We've Got to Solve That Lindbergh Case" -- 17. Dragnet -- 18. Verdict -- 19. Ocklawaha and Beyond -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

""The Snatch Racket" will take the reader behind the scenes of gripping kidnapping crimes that terrified the American public in the 1930s"-- The Snatch Racket will take the reader behind the scenes of kidnapping crimes that terrified the American public in the 1930s.



9781640124349


Kidnapping--History--United States--20th century.


Electronic Books.

HV6598 / .S638 2021