In the depths of the Depression, millions worldwide followed every twist and turn of the Lindbergh baby kidnap/murder. Yet what was reported was largely fake news. Nearly a century after undocumented immigrant Bruno Richard Hauptmann was executed for the dastardly crime, questions still linger. If the wrong man was convicted, who did it? When? Why? Where? How? The shocking answers this book suggests have eluded all prior authors. Extensive research into dusty archives yielded crucial forensic evidence never before analyzed. Readers are invited to reexamine “the crime of the century” with fresh eyes focused on a key suspect – a tall man wearing a fedora that obscured his face. He was spotted with a ladder in his car near the Lindberghs’ driveway early that fateful night. The police let an insider who fit that description oversee the entire investigation – the boy’s father, international hero Charles Lindbergh. Abuse of power, amorality and xenophobia all feature in this saga set in an era dominated by white supremacists and social Darwinists. If Lindbergh was Suspect No. 1, the man who got away, what was his motive? Who else was involved? Who helped cover up the crime? Read this book and judge for yourself.
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Prize-winning author Lise Pearlman is a former trial lawyer and judge and nationally recognized speaker whose books have won multiple awards in the categories of law, U.S. History, multicultural nonfiction and social change. https://www.facebook.com/LPAuthor And Speaker/ Her last book, Call Me Phaedra: The Life and Times of Movement Lawyer Fay Stender, won a 2018 International Book Award for biographies. She is also the acclaimed author of With Justice for Some: Politically Charged Criminal Trials of the Early 20th Century That Helped Shape Today’s America [2017]; The Sky’s the Limit: People v. Newton, The REAL Trial of the 20th Century? [2012]; and American Justice on Trial: People v. Newton [2016] which is a companion to a prize-winning documentary project of the same name. www.americanjusticeontrial.com. Pearlman serves as its producer and President of Arc of Justice Productions, Inc. the nonprofit that owns the film. www.lisepearlman.com