WHEN THE CIRCUS CAME TO TOWN: Flemington New Jersey and the Lindbergh Kidnapping Trial - Softcover

Davidson, James

 
9781663241917: WHEN THE CIRCUS CAME TO TOWN: Flemington New Jersey and the Lindbergh Kidnapping Trial
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1663241910 ISBN 13: 9781663241917
Verlag: iUniverse, 2022

Inhaltsangabe

Much has been written of the Lindbergh-Hauptmann Kidnapping Trial of 1934. This book examines what actually happened in the town of Flemington, New Jersey, a sleepy farm town that became, for a few months, the center of the universe. The first weekend of “The Trial of the Century,” the town saw 50,000 people arrive. Over 700 reporters were on hand as well as 150 photographers and countless sketch artists. Nellie’s Bar in the Union Hotel became a landmark for those who got to drink there while prostitutes roamed the streets, paying newsboys tips for “Johns.” Every famous news writer and commentator of the day was there – Adela Rogers St. Johns, Damon Runyon, Dorothy Kilgallen, Walter Winchell, Gabriel Heater, etc. This book examines what they wrote and what they said in their own words as well as colorful stories about each of them. Some of the most famous sketch artists and cartoonists of the times were also there and this book examines what they produced on a daily basis. Flemington, the trial and the times are shown in a light heretofore not described in other books.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

James was born in Liverpool, where he has now returned to live after several years in Central Europe. Having been mainly based in Budapest and Prague, his experiences there had a major influence on his fiction. He uses real events in history to explore the ideological legacies of the twentieth century from new angles. With his background in journalism and academic interest in creative writing, James shows enormous potential as a novelist. Dark, mysterious, and ethereal - think D M Thomas and Andrei Platonov - readers will appreciate this new, truly original voice.

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Verlag
iUniverse
Erscheinungsdatum
2022
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1663241910
ISBN 13 
9781663241917
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Anzahl der Seiten
204
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