{"product_id":"the-silent-and-the-damned-the-murder-of-mary-phagan-and-the-lynching-of-leo-frank-paperback","title":"The Silent and the Damned: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrey Seitz Frey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNancy Thompson-Frey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1913 murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan would have far-reaching consequences for Georgia and the nation; in the years that followed a Jewish man named Leo Frank was convicted on dubious evidence, a governor's career toppled while an anti-Semite became Georgia's senator, and the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith was formed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Silent and The Damned: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank\u003c\/i\u003e tells the horrifying story of how a trial spiraled into mob violence and propaganda campaigns against Jews in the South. The authors, Robert Seitz Frey and Nancy Thompson-Frey, detail the trial that portrayed Frank, the superintendent at the pencil factory where Phagan was employed, as a sexual misfit and killer. The authors describe the responses from and against the Jewish community in Atlanta, and reactions from religious groups and the press across the country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrey and Thompson also tell of how new evidence from a witness who stayed silent for years brought the case back under scrutiny in the 1980s, leading to a posthumous pardon for Frank. John Seigenthaler, publisher of the Nashville Tennessean and a leader in the efforts to clear Frank's name, provides the introduction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Seitz Frey is the author of six books, including \u003ci\u003eOur Future in Light of Twentieth-Century Evil\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Imperative Response\u003c\/i\u003e, and has written numerous articles and reviews. He resides in Monkton, Maryland. Nancy C. Thompson, who cowrote \u003ci\u003eThe Imperative Response\u003c\/i\u003e and whose articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Jewish Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChristian Jewish Relations\u003c\/i\u003e, lives in Ellicott City, Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 306\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 8.52 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 25, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45762757165253,"sku":"9780815411888","price":29.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/yKeVqYWFu79780815411888.webp?v=1781328727","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-silent-and-the-damned-the-murder-of-mary-phagan-and-the-lynching-of-leo-frank-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}