Case for Solomon: Bobby Dunbar and the Kidnapping That Haunted a Nation

By Tal McThenia and Margaret Dunbar Cutright

Book Overview

The spellbinding story of one of the most celebrated kidnapping cases in American history--the kidnapping of Bobby Dunbar--and a haunting family mystery that took almost a century to solve.

THE MOST NOTORIOUS KIDNAPPING CASE IN AMERICAN HISTORY

In 1912, four-year-old Bobby Dunbar went missing in the Louisiana swamps. After an eight-month search that electrified the country and destroyed Bobby's parents, the boy was found, filthy and hardly recogniz-able. A wandering piano tuner was arrested and charged with kidnapping-- a crime then punishable by death.

But when a destitute single mother came forward from North Carolina to claim the boy as her son, not the lost Bobby Dunbar, the case became a high-pitched battle over custody--and identity--that divided the South. A gripping historical mystery, A Case for Solomon chronicles the epic century-long effort to unravel the startling truth.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439158606
• ISBN13: 9781439158609
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.6" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Meh

I ordered this because I was born in the town this took place. It’s a fascinating story but it dragged on and on in parts, to the point I had to take breaks for weeks. To the author’s credit, it’s an incredible trove of documentation, from personal letters to newspaper articles. It’s a good, in-depth story but a tedious read.