
We had a lovely time at Fran’s house for book club. Our book was “We is Got Him,” by Carrie Hagen.
This was the true story of the first kidnapping for ransom in the United States. The ladies liked learning about the story, but it was not a favorite pick. Sometimes nonfiction reads a little slower, and it can be tedious (see review under Reviews to right). The kidnapping received a great deal of media coverage with both Philadelphia and New York papers at the time of the kidnapping. It produced a lot of outrage from the public. The public had become emotionally attached to this horrible crime. So, the media stayed with the story for a long time, and inadvertently told the world about this new kind of crime. The rest is history.