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Author Riegel, Stephen J., author.

Title Finding Judge Crater : a life and phenomenal disappearance in jazz age New York / Stephen J. Riegel.

Publication Info. Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2022.
©2022

Item Status

Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource (xii, 274 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series New York State Series
New York State Series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Judge Crater vanishes -- When last seen... -- The search officially begins -- Becoming Joseph Crater -- On the great stage of Manhattan -- The new Tammany Hall -- The Libby's hotel debacle and the newly-appointed justice -- Unveiling the missing judge -- Dueling grand juries -- Governor Roosevelt's quandary and Tammany's trials -- Joe's phantom bequest -- Searching for Judge Crater -- Disappearing in the great depression -- Stella speaks out -- The Westchester house and the Dutch psychic -- Epilogue: what happened to Joseph Crater?
Summary "Riegel's work discusses the unsolved 1930 disappearance of Supreme Court Justice and prominent political player Joseph Crater and sifts through the many theories surrounding his disappearance, as well as previously untapped sources"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Crater, Joseph Force, 1889-
Crater, Joseph Force, 1889-
Crater, Joseph Force, 1889-
Judges -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Judges.
New York (State) -- New York.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Missing persons -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies.
Missing persons.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Biographies.
Case studies.
Other Form: Print version: Riegel, Stephen J. Finding Judge Crater First edition. Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2021 9780815637196 (DLC) 2021026195
ISBN 9780815655381 electronic book
081565538X electronic book
9780815637196 hardcover
9780815611349 paperback