History Press Library Editions
Hanging the Peachtree Bandit: The True Tale of Atlanta's Infamous Frank Dupre
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9781540223258
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9781540223258
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Hanging the Peachtree Bandit: The True Tale of Atlanta's Infamous Frank Dupre
$31.99
$29.32
Sale 8%
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."
| Author: Tom Hughes |
| Publisher: History Press Library Editions |
| Publication Date: Mar 25, 2014 |
| Number of Pages: 130 pages |
| Binding: Hardback or Cased Book |
| ISBN-10: 1540223256 |
| ISBN-13: 9781540223258 |
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