Tom Hughes

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

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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, who faced a quick conviction and a hanging sentence. Months of appeals pitted a prosecutor demanding some good old-fashioned rope" against "maudlin sentimentalists" and "sob sisters." Author Tom Hughes recounts the true harrowing story behind the legend of one of the last men hanged in Atlanta."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: History Press
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 154mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 218g
• ISBN-13: 9781626194168
• ISBN-10: 1626194165
• Artikelnr.: 40141713

Autorenporträt

Tom Hughes was a radio journalist and morning host in Atlanta for over thirty years and is a member of the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame. He has resided in in-town Atlanta since 1977. This is his second book exploring a true crime from Atlanta's past. The first was Rich Georgian Strangely Shot: Eugene Grace, Daisy of the Leopard Spots, and the Great Atlanta Shooting of 1912" (McFarland 2012)."