Little Lindy Is Kidnapped

How the Media Covered the Crime of the Century

De: Thomas Doherty

Narrado por: Grover Gardner

Duración: 10 h y 6 m

Resumen del Editor

The biggest crime story in American history began on the night of March 1, 1932, when the 20-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 marshaled 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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Not about the case

The title tells it exactly as it really is that this book isn’t at all about the famous case at all. Not even a but. It presents the trial, guilt of the convicted, etc as irrefutable. One could hope that there would be something about the case just for excitement sake. It is one of the most famous cases in United States history. It really drags when it gets excessively technical with the ways all media the media covered the trial and verdict. Most material overlaps in each chapter. But it’s worth listening to hear Grover Gardner. He’s the best.