Deep in the Woods: The 1935 Kidnapping of Nine-Year-Old George Weyerhaeuser, Heir to America's Mightiest Timber Dynasty

by Bryan Johnston

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It is a crime even the FBI must have considered fantastic and absurd.

In 1935, nine-year-old George Weyerhaeuser, heir to one of the wealthiest families in America, is snatched off the streets two blocks from his home. The boy is kept manacled in a pit, chained to a tree, and locked in a closet. The perps—a career bank robber, a petty thief, and his nineteen-year-old never-been-in-trouble Mormon wife—quickly become the targets of the biggest manhunt in Northwest history. The caper plays out like a Hollywood thriller with countless twists and improbable developments. Perhaps the most astonishing thing of all, though, is how it all ends.
  • ISBN10 164293903X
  • ISBN13 9781642939033
  • Publish Date 25 November 2021 (first published 19 October 2021)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Permuted Press
  • Imprint Post Hill Press
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 336
  • Language English