"Wednesday evening, May 10th, 1967, three little boys disappeared from the Southside neighborhood in Hannibal, Missouri, never to be seen or heard from again. They simply disappeared without a clue. They were thought to have been lost in the local network of caves. This compelling story of sadness and sorrow was written by Charles W. Stewart who watched it unfold. This tragic story was compiled over forty years from interviews, news accounts, and eye witness accounts. As the author takes you through the drama, several points that were overlooked at the time are investigated. A number of people had gone missing during this same time period without most of these mysteries ever being solved. Today the investigation might have been done differently. The comparison of the disappearance with the works of Mark Twain were never seriously considered. Charles will examine with you some of the other possibilities as you read this real life mystery that has haunted Hannibal for more than forty years."--P. [4] of cover.