Description
| Author/Contributor(s): | Oney, Steve |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Date: | 10/12/2004 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
The definitive account of one of American history’s most repellent and most fascinating moments, combining investigative journalism and sweeping social history
“Brilliane…. Years later, the tale of murder and revenge in Georgia still has the power to , suspenseful.” —The Washington Post Book World
In 1913, 13-year-old Mary Phagan was found brutally murdered in the basement of theAtlanta pencil factory where she worked. The factory manager, a college-educatedJew named Leo Frank, was arrested, tried, and convicted in a trial that seized nationalheadlines. When the governor commuted his death sentence, Frank was kidnapped andlynched by a group of prominent local citizens.
Steve Oney’s acclaimed account re-createsthe entire story for the first time, from the police investigations to the grippingtrial to the brutal lynching and its aftermath. Oney vividly renders Atlanta, a cityenjoying newfound prosperity a half-century after the Civil War, but still rife withbarely hidden prejudices and resentments. He introduces a Dickensian pageant of characters,including zealous policemen, intrepid reporters, Frank’s martyred wife, and a fierypopulist who manipulated local anger at Northern newspapers that pushed for Frank’sexoneration.
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