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Reviewed on October 15, 2017 | audio
Pat Crowe's 1900 abduction of the teenaged Cudahy meatpacking heir garnered him $25,000 in gold and legions of admirers who considered him a latter-day Robin Hood, striking a blow against magnate Edward Cudahy and the Beef Trust monopoly. Hilleman's picaresque debut dramatizes the nation's first successful kidnapping for ransom and the ensuing manhunt. Vivid first-person narration track...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
