And The Dead Shall Rise The Murder Of Mary Phagan And The Lynching Of Leo Frank Steven Oney by Steven Oney 9780593687109, 0593687108 instant download after payment.

The definitive account of one of American history’s most repellent & most fascinating moments, combining investigative journalism & sweeping social history 

"Years later, the tale of murder & revenge in Georgia still has the power to fascinate...Intense, suspenseful.” — The Washington Post Book World 

In 1913, 13-year-old Mary Phagan was found brutally murdered in the basement of the Atlanta pencil factory where she worked. The factory manager, a college-educated Jew named Leo Frank, was arrested, tried, & convicted in a trial that seized national headlines. 

When the governor commuted his death sentence, Frank was kidnapped & lynched by a group of prominent local citizens. Steve Oney’s acclaimed account re-creates the entire story for the first time, from the police investigations to the gripping trial to the brutal lynching & its aftermath. 

Oney vividly renders Atlanta, a city enjoying newfound prosperity a half-century after the Civil War, but still rife with barely hidden prejudices & resentments. He introduces a Dickensian pageant of characters, including zealous policemen, intrepid reporters, Frank’s martyred wife, & a fiery populist who manipulated local anger at Northern newspapers that pushed for Frank’s exoneration.