The Leo Frank Case (A Brown Thrasher Book)

1913年のマリー・ファガン殺害とレオ・フランクの裁判、そしてリンチ事件を軸に、反ユダヤ主義と群衆心理、司法の脆さがどのように悲劇を拡大したかを描く。南部社会の偏見を具体的な事件史としてたどる、重厚な通史として読まれてきた一冊。

レオ・フランク事件反ユダヤ主義司法の誤りアメリカ南部社会史

作品情報

アメリカ南部の偏見と司法の歪みを、ひとつの事件から照らし出す。

1913年のマリー・ファガン殺害事件、レオ・フランクへの告発、裁判、そしてリンチに至る過程を、報道や地域社会の空気まで含めてたどる。反ユダヤ主義、世論の煽動、司法のもろさが重なっていく構図を、抑制のきいた筆致で描いた歴史書である。

事件の背景を丁寧に整理し、冷静で読みやすい語り口が支持されている。資料性の高さと判断の慎重さが評価される一方、題材の重さから読み進めるには集中力を要するという受け止め方もある。

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Beautiful

The way this book was wrapped and shipped was amazing! Completely protected the book! Thank you. Upon opening it I was so pleased with the asthetic and the old book smell. You just can't beat that! I cannot wait to start reading this. Thank you so much!
Five Stars

Another interesting read!
I had heard the stories of Leo Frank and Mary ...

I had heard the stories of Leo Frank and Mary Phagan since childhood. I wanted to read the account of the story from someone searching for the facts. This book was everything I expected.
Wonderful

First, thank you Dinnerstein and appreciate more his humility to say Oney was "definitive" on subject. This is a wonderful primer to Frank's injustice. Easy reading. Even truncated it's a wonderful, informative read. HIGHLY recommended. Had the knowledge it was a Jew, NOT BLACK, who first 1920's lynching, but good to have it confirmed. He, unfortunately, does not convey the hatred more towards Jews that blacks. But as Dinnerstein writes - "the definitive is Oney."
The tragedy of Leo Frank

This was a tragedy indeed - the hanging of an innocent man for a murder he did not commit. It should be required reading for everyone. The book arrived in perfect condition in a timely manner and I would do business again.