Crime of the Century

The Lindbergh Kidnapping and the Framing of Richard Hauptmann

• Author(s): Ludovic Kennedy,
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Pages: 438
• ISBN_10: 0140258124
  ISBN_13: 9780140258127
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / Aviation & Nautical , History / General , True Crime / General , True Crime / Murder / General ,

Description:... The kidnapping and murder of airman Charles "Lucky Lindy" Lindbergh's infant son stunned the nation in 1932. Bruno Richard Hauptmann, an illegal alien from Germany with a criminal record, was tried, convicted, and executed for what came to be known as "the crime of the century." Ludovic Kennedy's detailed account of the investigation and trial reveals a shocking array of perjury, cover-up, manufactured evidence, and inept legal work, pushed through in a lynch-mob atmosphere.