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Hanging the Peachtree Bandit:: The True Tale of Atlanta's Infamous Frank Dupre
Contributor(s): Hughes, Tom (Author)
ISBN: 1626194165     ISBN-13: 9781626194168
Publisher: History Press
OUR PRICE:   $19.79  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv)
- True Crime | Murder - General
Dewey: 364.152
LCCN: 2014003555
Physical Information: 0.32" H x 6.06" W x 8.97" (0.48 lbs) 128 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
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."

Contributor Bio(s): Hughes, Tom: - 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)."