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Little Lindy Is Kidnapped - How the Media Covered the Crime of the Century (Hardcover)
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Little Lindy Is Kidnapped - How the Media Covered the Crime of the Century (Hardcover)
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The biggest crime story in American history began on the night of
March 1, 1932, when the twenty-month-old son of Charles and Anne
Lindbergh was snatched from his crib in Hopewell, New Jersey. The
news shocked a nation enthralled with the aviator, the first person
to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic. American law enforcement
marshalled all its resources to return “Little Lindy” to the
arms of his parents—and perhaps even more energized were the
legions of journalists catering to a public whose appetite for
Lindbergh news was insatiable. In Little Lindy Is Kidnapped, Thomas
Doherty offers a lively and comprehensive cultural history of the
media coverage of the abduction and its aftermath. Beginning with
Lindbergh’s ascent to fame and proceeding through the trial and
execution of the accused kidnapper, Doherty traces how newspapers,
radio, and newsreels reported on what was dubbed the “crime of
the century.” He casts the affair as a transformative moment for
American journalism, analyzing how the case presented new
challenges and opportunities for each branch of the media in the
days before the rise of television. Coverage of the Lindbergh
story, Doherty reveals, set the template for the way the media
would treat breaking news ever after. An engrossing account of an
endlessly fascinating case, Little Lindy Is Kidnapped sheds new
light on an enduring quality of journalism ever since: the
media’s eye on a crucial part of the story—itself.
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