Finding Judge Crater : A Life and Phenomenal Disappearance in Jazz Age New York / Stephen J. Riegel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Riegel, Stephen J., author.

Series:

New York State Series.

New York State Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judges--New York (State)--New York--Biography.

Judges.

Missing persons--New York (State)--New York.

Missing persons.

Crater, Joseph Force, 1889-.

Crater, Joseph Force.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white) ;

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, [2022]

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.

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?

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780815611349

081561134X

OCLC:

1257313399