An Unspeakable Crime: The Prosecution and Persecution of Leo Frank

by Elaine Marie Alphin

Book Overview

In 1913, Mary Phagan, a 13-year-old employee at an Atlanta pencil factory was found murdered. Police suspected Leo Frank, who was a northerner and a Jew. His trial captured national attention. A mob stormed the prison where Frank was being held and lynched him. Leo Frank thus became the only known Jew lynched in American history.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822589443
• ISBN13: 9780822589440
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.4" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12