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Bezig met laden... A Case for Solomon: Bobby Dunbar and the Kidnapping That Haunted a Nationdoor Tal McThenia, Margaret Dunbar Cutright (Auteur)
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. 1   Eliz12 | Apr 13, 2013 |   My sympathies went to Julia Anderson who had no resources due to her financial circumstances. I was pleased to learn the truth had been found but saddened by the pain everyone involved in this case suffered. The authors have done a tremendous amount of research and have successfully told the story in a way that carried the reader along, making them want to know what happened next. We are given a look at the time period and how things worked for those who had and those had not. In this day and age we have the benefit of DNA testing. Yet I wonder how much the press would be able to skew the opinions of all parties involved. It is sad that so many lives have been destroyed. Yet I feel that a mystery was left unanswered in this story. I don’t know if anyone will ever solve that mystery. This is definitely worth the read. (  )1 skstiles612 | Aug 13, 2012 | The writing of this book was stilted and dense. I found it tough to get through, as there were so many pieces of data that were incorporated into the narrative. Perhaps that makes it a stronger non-fiction book, delving into the nitty gritty of a story that rocked communities and families intimately. However, it also means that the audience for this book today, is small and intimate and will likely not reach a much wider piece of the population. To be fair, I am generally a lover of fiction, where the theme is the key, not the evidence. Though, when I do reach for non-fiction, the thesis statement is something I generally look for, and I could not find it in the amassed pile of references here. Perhaps I didn't dig enough, or pay enough attention. I'll take some ownership of the disconnect between myself and the book. (  )2 HippieLunatic | Apr 29, 2012 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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A Case for Solomon : Bobby Dunbar and the Kidnapping That Haunted a Nation chronicles one of the most celebrated--and most misunderstood--kidnapping cases in American history. In 1912, four-year-old Bobby Dunbar, the son of an upper-middle-class Louisiana family, went missing in the swamps. After an eight-month search that electrified the country and destroyed Bobby's parents, the boy was found, filthy and unrecognizable, in the pinewoods of southern Mississippi. A wandering piano tuner who had been shuttling the child throughout the region by wagon for months was arrested and charged with kidnapping--a crime that was punishable by death at the time. But when a destitute single mother came forward from North Carolina to claim the boy as her son, not Bobby Dunbar, the case became a high-pitched battle over custody--and identity--that divided the South. Amid an ever-thickening tangle of suspicion and doubt, two mothers and a father struggled to assert their rightful parenthood over the child, both to the public and to themselves. For two years, lawyers dissected and newspapers sensationalized every aspect of the story. Psychiatrists, physicians, criminologists, and private detectives debated the piano tuner's guilt and the boy's identity. And all the while the boy himself remained peculiarly guarded on the question of who he was. It took nearly a century, a curiosity that had been passed down through generations, and the science of DNA to discover the truth. -- Jacket, p. [2]. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)364.15Social sciences Social problems and services; associations Criminology Crimes and Offenses Offenses against personsLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (3.68)
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The details here can be exceptionally tedious; it's as though the writer wants to make use of every single bit of research he unearthed (and his research is, indeed, impressive). The problem is that it makes for text that feels heavy, just one small step above an entry in an encyclopedia. Scenes that the reader is waiting for, that offer critical information about the story, are long and labored and become dreary instead of exciting. (Imagine watching a marathon and, in the last minutes having to see it in slow motion, and also hearing at the same time information about the kinds of shoes the runner is wearing, and where he bought his clothing, and his favorite foods.) The details about the role of the newspapers could make a book in themselves, and are rarely all that compelling.
Most people know the results of the DNA tests, so there are no great revelations here. But I still picked up this book because I wanted to know more about the family, and especially about the man who grew up as Bobby Dunbar.
I loved the beginning and the end, and many parts in the middle. If only this book had had a competent editor it could have been masterful. (