{"product_id":"case-for-solomon-bobby-dunbar-and-the-kidnapping-that-haunted-a-nation-9781439158609","title":"Case for Solomon: Bobby Dunbar and the Kidnapping That Haunted a Nation","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe spellbinding story of one of the most celebrated kidnapping cases in American history--the kidnapping of Bobby Dunbar--and a haunting family mystery that took almost a century to solve.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTHE MOST NOTORIOUS KIDNAPPING CASE IN AMERICAN HISTORY  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1912, four-year-old Bobby Dunbar went missing in the Louisiana swamps. After an eight-month search that electrified the country and destroyed Bobby's parents, the boy was found, filthy and hardly recogniz-able. A wandering piano tuner was arrested and charged with kidnapping-- a crime then punishable by death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when a destitute single mother came forward from North Carolina to claim the boy as \u003ci\u003eher\u003c\/i\u003e son, not the lost Bobby Dunbar, the case became a high-pitched battle over custody--and identity--that divided the South. A gripping historical mystery, \u003ci\u003eA Case for Solomon\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the epic century-long effort to unravel the startling truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTal McThenia\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance writer who reported and wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost of Bobby Dunbar\u003c\/i\u003e, a one-hour radio documentary for the acclaimed public radio series \u003ci\u003eThis American Life\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received residencies at the ShenanArt's Playwrights' Workshop and the MacDowell Colony. He lives in New York. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret Dunbar Cutright\u003c\/b\u003e is the granddaughter of Bobby Dunbar, the victim of the kidnapping in \u003ci\u003eA Case for Solomon\u003c\/i\u003e. She has researched the case for more than a decade, gathering and analyzing legal documents, family correspondence, and newspapers, and has had extensive and ongoing contact with descendants of all three of the families involved in the story. She lives in North Carolina.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Free Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50465931329810,"sku":"9781439158609","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cf7941be-7c6c-4296-978e-1b88ca5255eb.jpg?v=1730114666","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/case-for-solomon-bobby-dunbar-and-the-kidnapping-that-haunted-a-nation-9781439158609","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}