An Unspeakable Crime: The Prosecution and Persecution of Leo Frank

by Elaine Marie Alphin

Book Overview

Was an innocent man wrongly accused of murder? On April 26, 1913, thirteen-year-old Mary Phagan planned to meet friends at a parade in Atlanta, Georgia. But first she stopped at the pencil factory where she worked to pick up her paycheck. Mary never left the building alive. A black watchman found Mary's body brutally beaten and raped. Police arrested the watchman, but they weren't satisfied that he was the killer. Then they paid a visit to Leo...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467746304
• ISBN13: 9781467746304
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Carolrhoda Books (R)
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.9" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 14 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 9 to Postsecondary