Vanished! : : America's Most Mysterious Kidnappings, Castaways, and the Forever Lost
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"Amelia Earhart, Jimmy Hoffa, Ambrose Bierce, Alcatraz Escapees, Flight 19, D.B. Cooper" -- Title page and cover.
The big three. Amelia Earhart 1937 -- The Mary Celeste 1872 -- Jimmy Hoffa 1975 -- The first disappearance. The Roanoke Colony 1590 -- The rich and the famous. Theodosia Burr Allston 1812 -- Dorothy Arnold 1910 -- Jim Thompson 1967 -- The case of Sean Flynn 1970 -- The explorers. Sir John Franklin 1985 -- Percy Fawcett 1925 -- The Bermuda triangle. Flight 19 1945 -- The case of the USS Cyclops 1918 -- The writers. Ambrose Bierce 1913 -- The case of Solomon Northup 1857 -- Rogues and rebels. Louis Le Prince 1890 -- Judge Joseph Force Crater 1930 -- Frank Morris, John and Clarence Anglin 1962 -- D. B. Cooper 1971 -- The case of Oscar "Zeta" Acosta 1974.
"An illustrated tour of history's most confounding cases of disappearance from Amelia Earhart to Jimmy Hoffa; DB Cooper; Alcatraz escapists Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Algin; Jim Thompson; Judge Joseph Force Crater; and more. Starting with the first moments, days, and weeks after each incident, and then looking at efforts up to this very day to solve each case, this book covers in photos and text the thrilling stories of history's most perplexing vanishings."-- Unedited summary from page 4 of cover.
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PUBLISHED
Guilford, Connecticut : LP, [2018]
Year Published: 2018
Description: 256 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781493030606
1493030604
SUBJECTS
Missing persons -- United States -- History.
Castaways -- United States -- History.
Kidnapping -- United States -- History.