Upcoming Book Is First Photographic History Of Lindbergh Kidnapping Trial

Online, November 6, 2012 (Newswire.com) - Featuring more than 150 photographs not seen by the public in 80 years, a new pictorial history book takes readers on a behind the scenes visual tour of the Lindbergh kidnapping and the circus-like trial and execution of Bruno Richard Hauptmann. New Jersey's Lindbergh Kidnapping and Trial will be available on November 5, 2012 as the newest title in Arcadia Publishing's popular Images of America series.

Authored by two of the foremost experts on the subject, Mark W. Falzini and James Davidson partnered on this first ever photographic history of the case. "While there are scores of books out there, they all contain the same generic photographs," says Falzini, who serves as the archivist for the New Jersey State Police Museum. "The majority of the images featured in the book have not been published since the 1930's - some haven't been published at all."

In a stunning pictorial format, history comes alive through vintage images and gives readers a unique insight of the people, places and events of the time. Notable images include:

•50,000 trial spectators descended on the sleepy farming town of Flemington, NJ - all clamoring for one of the 500 morning and 500 afternoon tickets issued each day by the Sherriff.

•Not even a storm deterred sightseers; some came to town in sleighs.

•Reporters were confined to sitting on pine boards in the front of the court room; each was allotted a cramped 18-inch-by-8-inch of space.

•Opportunists sold mini replica kidnap ladders and alleged locks of the baby's hair; barnstormers gave rides over the estate to the curious for a fee of $2.50.

•Receiving 40,000 letters from the public in the first month alone, the mailman had to deliver sacks of mail to the Lindbergh estate four times a day.

•Local hotels had execution parties in their ballrooms the night of Hauptmann's electrocution.

Eighty years after the historic events surrounding the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr., the "Case That Never Dies" continues to fascinate historians and enthusiasts.

More information available online at www.arcadiapublishing.com/Lindbergh