A Case for Solomon

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.^[1]

A Case for Solomon

First edition
Author	Tal McThenia Margaret Dunbar Cutright
Language	English
Genre	Non-fiction
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Publication date	2012
Publication place	United States
ISBN	9781439158593

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".^[2] 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".^[3] The book was also reviewed in Publishers Weekly,^[4] Library Journal,^[5] Maclean's,^[6] The Boston Globe^[7] and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.^[8]