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.