Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

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

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The great New Orleans kidnapping case

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

871228479

Responsibility statement

Michael A. Ross

Sub title

race, law, and justice in the Reconstruction era

Table Of 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"

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