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Author:

Ross, Michael A. (Michael Anthony)

Title:

The great New Orleans kidnapping case : race, law, and justice in the Reconstruction era / Michael A. Ross.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

viii, 309 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Kidnapping--New Orleans--New Orleans--Case studies.
Trials (Kidnapping)--New Orleans.--New Orleans.
New Orleans (La.)--Race relations.
New Orleans (La.)--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [244]-295) and index.

Contents:

A kidnapping in the back of town -- Detective John Baptiste Jourdain and his world -- A trace of the missing child? -- A knock at the Digbys' door -- The arrest of the alleged accessories -- The woman in the seaside hat -- The Recorder's Court -- A highly unusual proceeding -- Unveiling the mystery -- The case "that excited all New Orleans".

ISBN:

0199778809 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780199778805 (hbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2014004846

Locations:

STPC124 -- Allison Public Library (Allison)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)