Kidnapped: Child Abduction in America

Kidnapped: Child Abduction in America
ISBN-10
0195311418
ISBN-13
9780195311419
Series
Kidnapped
Category
Family & Relationships
Pages
324
Language
English
Published
2006-03
Publisher
Oxford University Press on Demand
Author
Paula S. Fass

Description

Beginning with the first abduction in 1874, an enthralling look at the great kidnapping cases in American history explores the obsessive attention such cases arouse and what they say about the American family, the justice system, and the media. UP.

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