The Tragedy and the Triumph of Phenix City, Alabama
- ISBN-10
- 0865546134
- ISBN-13
- 9780865546134
- Category
- Crime prevention
- Pages
- 319
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Mercer University Press
- Author
- Margaret Anne Barnes
Description
Phenix City, Alabama in the 1950s was a lawless place. Attempts were made to clean it up but it wasn't until the assassination of the attorney general-elect of Alabama that troops were called in to help.
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