Hanging the Peachtree Bandit:: The True Tale of Atlanta's Infamous Frank Dupre

by Tom Hughes

Book Overview

On December 15, 1921, gunshots echoed across Atlanta's famous Peachtree Street moments before a handsome young man darted away from Kaiser's Jewelers. Frank DuPre left in his wake a dead Pinkerton guard and a missing ring. As Christmas shoppers looked on in panic, he raced through the Kimball House Hotel and shot another victim. The brazen events terrified a crime-filled city already on edge. A manhunt captured the nineteen-year-old, unemployed DuPre,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1626194165
• ISBN13: 9781626194168
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.0"