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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786752303321

Autore

Ross Michael A (Michael Anthony)

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-19-939413-X

0-19-977890-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

364.15/4092

Soggetti

Kidnapping - Louisiana - New Orleans

Trials (Kidnapping) - Louisiana - New Orleans

New Orleans (La.) Race relations

New Orleans (La.) History 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

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".