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

Oney, Steve

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679421475 ISBN 13: 9780679421474

Publisher: Pantheon, 2003

Synopsis

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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Review:

" Brilliant. . . . Ninety years later, the tale of murder and revenge in Georgia still has the power to fascinate. . . . Intense, suspenseful." --"The Washington Post Book World"
" A major achievement . . . A fine work of history." - "Los Angeles Times Book Review"
" Compelling and relentlessly preoccupying. . . . Oney dapples his volume with vibrant, multihued street scenes and thumbnail portraits. You can almost hear the squealing brakes and clanging bells of the trolley cars outside the courtroom." - "The Houston Chronicle"
" 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." - "The New York Times"
" A grim and teeming ghost story. . . . A monumental folk parable of innocent suffering and a blind, brutal urge for retribution that passes finally into the simple, stark awe and pity of tragedy." - "The New York Review of Books"

Brilliant. . . . Ninety years later, the tale of murder and revenge in Georgia still has the power to fascinate. . . . Intense, suspenseful. --The Washington Post Book World
A major achievement . . . A fine work of history. Los Angeles Times Book Review
Compelling and relentlessly preoccupying. . . . Oney dapples his volume with vibrant, multihued street scenes and thumbnail portraits. You can almost hear the squealing brakes and clanging bells of the trolley cars outside the courtroom. The Houston Chronicle
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. The New York Times
A grim and teeming ghost story. . . . A monumental folk parable of innocent suffering and a blind, brutal urge for retribution that passes finally into the simple, stark awe and pity of tragedy. The New York Review of Books"

-Brilliant. . . . Ninety years later, the tale of murder and revenge in Georgia still has the power to fascinate. . . . Intense, suspenseful.- --The Washington Post Book World
-A major achievement . . . A fine work of history.- -Los Angeles Times Book Review
-Compelling and relentlessly preoccupying. . . . Oney dapples his volume with vibrant, multihued street scenes and thumbnail portraits. You can almost hear the squealing brakes and clanging bells of the trolley cars outside the courtroom.- -The Houston Chronicle
-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.- -The New York Times
-A grim and teeming ghost story. . . . A monumental folk parable of innocent suffering and a blind, brutal urge for retribution that passes finally into the simple, stark awe and pity of tragedy.- -The New York Review of Books

"Brilliant. . . . Ninety years later, the tale of murder and revenge in Georgia still has the power to fascinate. . . . Intense, suspenseful." --The Washington Post Book World

"A major achievement . . . A fine work of history." -Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Compelling and relentlessly preoccupying. . . . Oney dapples his volume with vibrant, multihued street scenes and thumbnail portraits. You can almost hear the squealing brakes and clanging bells of the trolley cars outside the courtroom." -The Houston Chronicle

"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." -The New York Times

"A grim and teeming ghost story. . . . A monumental folk parable of innocent suffering and a blind, brutal urge for retribution that passes finally into the simple, stark awe and pity of tragedy." -The New York Review of Books

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pantheon
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0679421475
• ISBN 13: 9780679421474
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 752