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The real Lolita : the kidnapping of Sally Horner and the novel that scandalized the world Cover Image Book Book

The real Lolita : the kidnapping of Sally Horner and the novel that scandalized the world / Sarah Weinman.

Weinman, Sarah, (author.).

Summary:

"In 1948, Sally Horner was just eleven years old when she was kidnapped by a man claiming to be an FBI agent. Seven years later, Vladimir Nabokov published Lolita, perhaps the most seminal novel of the twentieth century. Sarah Weinman's investigation into how the two are connected is a thrilling, heartbreaking mix of literary scholarship and true-crime writing."--back cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062661920
  • ISBN: 0062661922
  • ISBN: 9780062661951
  • ISBN: 0062661957
  • ISBN: 9780062661937
  • ISBN: 0062661930
  • Physical Description: xii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-290) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction : "Had I done to her...?" -- The five-and-dime -- A trip to the beach -- From Wellesley to Cornell -- Sally, at first -- The search for Sally -- Seeds of compulsion -- Frank in shadow -- "A lonely mother waits" -- The prosecutor -- Baltimore -- Walks of death -- Across America by Oldsmobile -- Dallas -- The neighbor -- San Jose -- After the rescue -- A guilty plea -- When Nabokov (really) learned about Sally -- Rebuilding a life -- Lolita progresses -- Weekend in Wildwood -- The note card -- "A darn nice girl" -- La Salle in prison -- "Gee, Ed, that was bad luck" -- Writing and publishing Lolita -- Connecting Sally Horner to Lolita -- "He told me not to tell" -- Aftermaths -- Epilogue : On two girls named Lolita and Sally.

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Subject: Horner, Sally, 1937-1952.
Kidnapping > United States > Case studies.
Child abuse > United States > Case studies.
Captivity > United States > Case studies.
Genre: Biographies.
Case studies.
True crime stories.

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  • 2 of 3 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System. (Show)
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Dalton Community Library 362.8809 WEINMAN (Text) 50689010422441 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Glatfelter Memorial Library Adults 362.88 WEI Nonfiction (Text) 34216000920084 Adult Area Available -
Highland Community Library 362.8809 WEI (Text) 35610000937107 HGHM Non-Fiction Available -
Kaltreider-Benfer Library Adults 362.88 WEI Nonfiction (Text) 34002001597661 Adult Area Available -
Milford Library 364.154 WEI (Text) 30352101229895 Nonfiction Available -
New Castle Public Library 362.880 Weinman (Text)
Bookplate: Purchased with Funds Provided by the Friends of the Library.
31902005317748 NWCM Non-Fiction Available -
Parkland Community Library 362.88092 WEI (Text) 34422007094911 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Public Library of Catasauqua 362.88 WEI (Text) 70000000081203 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
RACC HV6603.H67 W45 2018 (Text) 33624024899567 Books Available -
Reading Public Library RPL - Main 362.88092 Wei (Text) 33223008336678 Non-fiction Available -
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