Notes

INTRODUCTION

1. William Hard, “Who Wants to Be a Rich Man’s Son?” Collier’s, March 10, 1923, 13. Lasker’s authorized biographer, John Gunther, notes that Hard was a friend of Lasker’s, and that they sometimes dreamed up Collier’s articles together, probably including this one. See John Gunther, Taken at the Flood: The Story of Albert D. Lasker (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960); and “A Note on Sources.”

2. Albert Lasker letter to William Wrigley, February 6, 1923, Box 29, United States Shipping Board (USSB) records.

3. In 1986, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles granted a posthumous pardon to Frank without addressing the issue of his innocence or guilt.

4. Albert Lasker letter to Arthur Brisbane, February 14, 1923, Box 29, ...

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