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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
Edition First edition
Published Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2022
©2022

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 274 pages) : illustrations
Series New York State Series
New York State Series
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 25, 2022)
Subject Crater, Joseph Force, 1889-
SUBJECT Crater, Joseph Force, 1889-
Crater, Joseph Force, 1889- fast
Subject Judges -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
Missing persons -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies
Judges
Missing persons
New York (State) -- New York
Genre/Form Biographies
Case studies
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021026196
ISBN 9780815655381
081565538X