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Twilight of Innocence : The Disappearance of Beverly Potts by James Jessen Badal (2005, Trade Paperback)

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One of the nation's first highly publicized missing child cases Ten-year-old Beverly Potts was last seen at 9:00 p.m. the evening of August 24, 1951, at Halloran Park on Cleveland's West Side. She and her neighbor and friend Patricia Swing had gone to see the Showagon--a troupe of singers, dancers, magicians, and other performers that traveled around Cleveland's neighborhood parks during the summer, giving free performances. Patricia had to be home before dark, but Beverly's parents told her she could stay until the show was over. When she was still not home by 9:30, her father, Robert, went out looking for her. He returned home at 10:30 without his daughter and called the Cleveland police. Beverly Potts had disappeared without a trace or any evidence of her fate. James Jessen Badal reexamines the events leading up to Beverly Potts's disappearance and the subsequent police investigation and over-the-top, sensational publicity in the Cleveland press. His interviews with detectives assigned to this still-open case and his examination of police records provide a chronology of the false leads and hoaxes that culminated in this disturbing case of dead end after dead end. Badal draws comparisons between investigative techniques of the time and more modern ones and examines the social and historical context in his analysis of the more than half-century of public fascination with this case. Those who remember the kidnapping and still wonder what happened to Beverly Potts will look for clues in this book. True crime aficionados everywhere will find Twilight of Innocence to be an important study in the tragedy of unsolved disappearances.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Kent State University Press
ISBN-10
0873388364
ISBN-13
9780873388368
eBay Product ID (ePID)
44122762

Product Key Features

Book Title
Twilight of Innocence : the Disappearance of Beverly Potts
Author
James Jessen Badal
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Children's Studies, General
Publication Year
2005
Genre
True Crime, Social Science
Number of Pages
208 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
12 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Hv6762.U5b33 2005
Copyright Date
2005
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2004-027926
Dewey Decimal
364.15409771
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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by CiL-oY2LQym@Del...Oct 08, 2007
Twilight Of Innocence
The book is very interesting. I did not know the book was available until I saw the Beverly Potts case discussed on the evening news. I lived in this neighborhood in the 1960's and I knew several of the people mentioned in the book. The neighbors told me a great deal about the investigation and I have always been interested in this case. I would highly recommend this book.

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