TY - BOOK AU - Ross,Michael A. TI - Great New Orleans kidnapping case: race, law, and justice in the reconstruction era SN - 9780199778805 U1 - 364.154092 PY - 2015/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Kidnapping KW - Louisiana KW - New Orleans KW - Case studies KW - Trials (Kidnapping) KW - New Orleans (La.) KW - Race relations KW - History KW - 19th century N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages [244]-295) and index; 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" ER -