The Abuse of Innocence: the Mcmartin Preschool Trial (The Notable Trials Library) by Paul and Shirley Eberle - 1997

Notable Trials Library,, 1997-01-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.

1997. Eberle, Paul and Shirley. The Abuse of Innocence: the McMartin Preschool Trial. Prometheus Books, 1993. Reprint edition. New York, N.Y.: Notable Trials Library, 1997. With New Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. 416 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $25.

New York, New York: The Notable Trials Library, 1997. Special Edition Privately Printe. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. This is a special edition facsimile copy of "The Abuse of Innocence: The McMartin Preschool Trial" circa 1993, privately printed for the members of The Notable Trials Library. Per Google Books, "On August 12, 1983, Judy Johnson called the police and told them her two-year-old son had been sexually abused at Virginia McMartin's Preschool in Manhattan Beach, California. Mrs. Johnson accused a teacher, Raymond Buckey. After searching the school and the homes of the owners and teachers, police distributed a letter to parents of children attending the McMartin Preschool urging them to ask their children if they had witnessed any acts of sexual molestation by Buckey. The result was mass hysteria. Although the children denied being molested or witnessing any molestations, the D.A.'s office began sending them to a private clinic to be interviewed by "evaluators" and… Read More

Priv. Printed for Notable Trials Library, 1997. Hardcover. Fine. Special. Fine Hardcover in Fineine Condtion, Half blue leather with blue cloth boards, gold stamping on spine and boards, page ends gilded gold, cloth bookmark, never read.

[New York]: Notable Trials Library, [1997]. 8vo. [8], 416, [2] pp. Half-blue calf over gilt decorated blue cloth, gilt spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., F. First Notable Trials Library edition of this work explaining how the McMartin preschool child abuse case was the Salem Witch trial of the 20th century. Introduction by Alan Dershowitz.