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New York: Cardinal Edition, Pocket Books, 1962. Softcover, mass market paperback. Good. Account of the crime, capture, trial and appeal of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for the break-in and abduction of the only son of Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh in 1932. Some cover wear & light spine creasing. 691 pages, b/w photo sections.

Kidnap; The Story of the Lindbergh Case - by George Waller
Publication date 1961
Publisher - Cardinal edition published by Pockey Books - # GC-774
Paperback
4 x 7 inches, 691 pages

While many books about the crime of the century preceded it, Waller's book was by far, the most detailed and thorough examination of the crime and the resulting trial, of all publications up to that point. Reviewing the book for the University of Minnesota Law Review, William L. Prosser accurately stated:

"Waller, a free-lance writer and former magazine and newspaper editor, who was a student of journalism at near-by Temple University at the time of the case, has retold the story in considerable detail, and with an unbiased accuracy which has been sadly lacking in some previous accounts."

After its American debut, it was published in Germany in 1963 under the title: Der Fall Lindbergh Das Verbrechen. The American edition is massive, just under 600 pages, and it contains 27 period photographs. Waller assumes his readers… Read More