And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank - Rilegato

Oney, Steve

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ISBN 10: 0679421475 ISBN 13: 9780679421474

Casa editrice: Pantheon Books, 2003

Riassunto

Describes the 1913 murder of Atlanta factory worker Mary Phagan, the arrest of her Jewish supervisor, Leo Frank, and the abduction and lynching of Frank, offering a compelling account of the crime and its aftermath, the history of Atlanta's Jewish community, the miscarriage of justice, the lives of various members of the lynch mob, and the long-term repercussions. 40,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

"A work of sympathetic imagination that invites comparison to Norman Mailer's Executioner's Song. The book packs a wallop at many levels, from the mythic Southern characters to the violent infrastructure of our cultural memory."
--Theodore Rosengarten, The New York TImes

"[Oney] tells this fascinating and complex true-crime story in impressively thorough detail . . . Oney's definitive account is a major achievement."
-- David J. Garrow, The Los Angeles Times

"Steve Oney's brilliant narrative shows why, 90 years later, the tale of murder and revenge in Georgia still has the capacity to fascinate, provoking the classical responses to tragedy: pity, awe, and sorrow without end."
-- Shelby Coffey III, Washington POst Book World

“Steve Oney’s epic And the Dead Shall Rise is a book I’ve been waiting my whole life to read. I was born in Atlanta, and used to hear my mother and grandmother argue for the innocence of Leo Frank against all comers. This book is a tragedy and a triumph and a wonder, all at the same time.”
--Pat Conroy, author of The Prince of Tides
 
"A superb work of true crime -- and an altogether remarkable exercise in what might be called judicial archaeology."
-- Kirkus Reviews (starred)

"This is the book on the Leo Frank case I had been waiting for and one the reading public needs.  I am struck by the narrative skill and ingenuity.  For the first time I understand the full ironies, paradoxes, and horrors of this tragedy.  I found the book difficult to put down."
-- C. Vann Woodward, author of The Strange Career of Jim Crow

L'autore:

Steve Oney was educated at the University of Georgia and at Harvard, where he was a Nieman Fellow. He worked for many years as a staff writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Magazine. He has also contributed articles to many national publications, including Esquire, Playboy, Premiere, GQ and the New York Times Magazine. Oney lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Madeline Stuart. This is his first book.

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• Editore: Pantheon Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0679421475
• ISBN 13: 9780679421474
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 742