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020 _a9780199778805
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082 0 0 _a364.154092
_bROS.G
100 1 _aRoss, Michael A.
245 1 4 _aGreat New Orleans kidnapping case :
_brace, law, and justice in the reconstruction era /
_cMichael A. Ross.
260 _aNew York
_bOxford University Press
_c2015
300 _aviii, 309 pages :
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [244]-295) and index.
505 0 _aA 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".
650 0 _aKidnapping
_zLouisiana
_zNew Orleans
_vCase studies.
650 0 _aTrials (Kidnapping)
_zLouisiana
_zNew Orleans.
651 0 _aNew Orleans (La.)
_xRace relations.
651 0 _aNew Orleans (La.)
_xHistory
_y19th century.
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