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Vanishing point : the disappearance of Judge Crater and the New York he left behind / Richard J. Tofel.

Title
Vanishing point : the disappearance of Judge Crater and the New York he left behind / Richard J. Tofel.
Author
Tofel, Richard J., 1957-
Publication
Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, c2004.

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Description
216 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
Looks at the life and times of Judge Crater, a New York State Supreme Court justice who disappeared in 1930.
Subject
  • Crater, Joseph Force, 1889-
  • 1898-1951
  • Judges > New York > Biography
  • Missing persons > New York > Case studies
  • New York (N.Y.) > Politics and government > 1898-1951
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • Case studies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-197) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. The World He Left Behind 15 -- 2. The World of Tammany Hall 33 -- 3. The La Guardia Phenomenon 62 -- 4. Franklin Roosevelt Names a Judge 77 -- 5. Crater at the Vanishing Point 93 -- 6. Never to Be Seen Again 125 -- 7. Tammany at the Vanishing Point 157.
ISBN
1566636051 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2004052669
OCLC
  • 55625432
  • SCSB-10323818
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library