A Case for Solomon
{{short description|2012 non-fiction book by Tal McTenia and Margaret Dunbar Cutright}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox book
|name = A Case for Solomon
|author = Tal McThenia
Margaret Dunbar Cutright
|image = A Case for Solomon.jpg
|caption = First edition
|country = United States
|genre = Non-fiction
|language = English
|publisher = Simon & Schuster
|release_date = 2012
|ISBN = 9781439158593
}}
A Case for Solomon is a 2012 non-fiction book chronicling the 1912 disappearance of Bobby Dunbar, aged four, in Opelousas, Louisiana, and his apparent return. The book was authored by Tal McThenia and Margaret Dunbar Cutright, the granddaughter of Bobby Dunbar.{{cite web |title=A Case for Solomon |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Case-for-Solomon/Margaret-Dunbar-Cutright/9781439158609 |website=Simon & Schuster |access-date=19 April 2025}}
Reception
The book received generally positive reviews. Elissa Schappell wrote of the book in Vanity Fair, "Rarely do nonfiction books engage me so deeply and satisfyingly as Tal McThenia’s A Case for Solomon".{{cite news |last1=Schappell |first1=Elissa |title=The Dearly Departed |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/08/tal-mcthenia-solomon-max-every-love-story-ghost |access-date=19 April 2025 |work=Vanity Fair |date=29 August 2012}} The book received a more mixed review in Kirkus Reviews, which wrote that the book was "diminished by the inability of the authors to screen out irrelevant or marginal details, making the saga difficult to follow".{{cite web |title=A Case for Solomon |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tal-mcthenia/case-solomon/ |website=Kirkus Reviews |access-date=19 April 2025 |date=20 May 2012}} The book was also reviewed in Publishers Weekly,{{cite web |title=A Case for Solomon: Bobby Dunbar and the Kidnapping That Haunted a Nation |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781439158593 |website=Publishers Weekly |access-date=19 April 2025}} Library Journal,{{cite web |last1=Kennedy |first1=Reba |title=A Case for Solomon |url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/a-case-for-solomon-bobby-dunbar-and-the-kidnapping-that-haunted-a-nation |website=Library Journal |access-date=19 April 2025 |date=1 June 2012}} Maclean's,{{cite news |last1=Cutts |first1=Jen |title=REVIEW: A Case for Solomon: Bobby Dunbar and the Kidnapping That Haunted a Nation |url=https://macleans.ca/culture/books/a-case-for-solomon-bobby-dunbar-and-the-kidnapping-that-haunted-a-nation/ |access-date=19 April 2025 |work=Macleans |date=31 August 2012}} The Boston Globe{{cite news |last1=Peschel |first1=Joseph |title=‘A Case for Solomon’ by Tal McThenia and Margaret Dunbar Cutright |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2012/08/07/book-review-case-for-solomon-bobby-dunbar-and-kidnapping-that-haunted-nation-tal-mcthenia-and-margaret-dunbar-cutright/sDnAgieG9RSJWHebdUraSK/story.html |access-date=19 April 2025 |work=The Boston Globe |date=7 August 2012}} and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.{{cite news |last1=Weinberg |first1=Steve |title=Book review: 'A Case for Solomon: Bobby Dunbar and the Kidnapping That Haunted a Nation' |url=https://www.ajc.com/lifestyles/book-review-case-for-solomon-bobby-dunbar-and-the-kidnapping-that-haunted-nation/qq6sBaKm8CRRCiWfo01DLL/ |access-date=19 April 2025 |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=19 July 2012}}
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Category:2012 non-fiction books
Category:Simon & Schuster books