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Chargement... Stolen from the Garden: The Kidnapping of Virginia Piperpar William Swanson
Aucun Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.  OMBWarrior47 | Feb 20, 2023 |   In 1972 when 49 year old Virginia (Ginny) Piper was kidnapped by two masked men from her home by lake Minnetonka in the Minneapolis suburb of Orono, Minnesota, her husband, Harry (Billy) Piper Jr., paid a $1 million ransom for her safe return. After receiving the ransom, the kidnappers left information that Ginny could be found blindfolded, handcuffed and chained to a tree in a forested state park area outside of Duluth. Swanson recounts all of the details of the kidnapping, the search for suspects and the resulting two trials that failed to result in a conviction. This is a fascinating book. Swanson explores and presents the information in a straightforward, concise format. Between the FBI files and information from the surviving sons, and with a clear eye for details, he presents the final, but inconclusive results of the investigations. Stolen from the Garden is a riveting account of a real life cold case and is very highly recommended. Disclosure: My Kindle edition was courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society Press for review purposes. (  ) SheTreadsSoftly | Mar 21, 2016 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
"Virginia Piper was plucked from her Orono, Minnesota, home in July 1972. After her husband, a prominent investment banker, paid $1 million in ransom, the FBI was directed to find her unharmed and chained to a tree in a state park. Extensive efforts to solve this crime, the largest kidnap-for-ransom case in bureau annals, resulted in indictments but, shockingly, no convictions after two long jury trials. Bill Swanson draws on closely held government documents and exclusive interviews with family members, investigators, and suspects to tell the full story--including making a case for what most likely happened on that July afternoon"--
"On a July afternoon in 1972, two masked men waving guns abducted forty-nine-year-old Virginia Piper from the garden of her lakeside home in Orono, Minnesota. After her husband, a prominent investment banker, paid a $1 million ransom, an anonymous caller directed the FBI to a thickly wooded section of a northern Minnesota state park. There, two days after her nightmare began, Ginny Piper--chained to a tree, filthy and exhausted, but physically unharmed--awaited her rescuers. The intensely private couple lived through a media firestorm. Both Bobby and Ginny Piper herself-naturally reserved and surprisingly composed in the aftermath of her ordeal-were subject to FBI scrutiny in the largest kidnap-for-ransom case in bureau annals. When two career criminals were finally indicted five years after the abduction, the Pipers again took center stage in two long trials before a jury's verdict made headlines across the nation. Drawing on closely held government documents and exclusive interviews with family members, investigators, suspects, lawyers, and others intimately connected to the case, William Swanson provides the first comprehensive account of the sensational Piper kidnapping and its long, eventful aftermath--and makes a case for the most plausible explanation for what really happened on that July afternoon. William Swanson is the author of Dial M: The Murder of Carol Thompson and Black White Blue: The Assassination of Patrolman Sackett"-- Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Virginia Piper was a loved woman, very active in her community and profession, and raised a strong family of boys. But one day while she was gardening two masked men came looking for her husband, who at the time was not home. Instead of abducting him, they decided to abduct her! With a $1 million ransom, her husband pays, and she’s returned home without a scratch….and here we are 51 years later and the abductors and the cash have never been found!
The book had an interesting beginning. The storyline of the abduction, paying the ransom, and the FBI involvement was interesting. I also liked the pictures.
The author uses really long run on sentences. And the last 100 pages of the book were a snooze, it was obvious he was stretching to get the word count higher. I think he mentioned the effects the kidnapping must’ve had on Piper like 200 times.
★★★ Would recommend if it was a little shorter of a book, but the drag at the end is not worth it. (