Format:
Online-Ressource (306 p)
ISBN:
9780252036958
Content:
In 1929, in a remote county of the Arkansas Ozarks, the gruesome murder of harmonica-playing drifter Connie Franklin and the brutal rape of his teenaged fiancee captured the attention of a nation on the cusp of the Great Depression. National press from coast to coast ran stories of the sensational exploits of night-riding moonshiners, powerful "Barons of the Hills," and a world of feudal oppression in the isolation of the rugged Ozarks. The ensuing arrest of five local men for both crimes and the confusion and superstition surrounding the trial and conviction gave Stone County a dubious and short-lived notoriety. _x000B_Closely examining how the story and its regional setting were interpreted by the media, Brooks Blevins recounts the gripping events of the murder investigation and trial. This book paints a convincing backdrop to a story that, more than 80 years later, remains riddled with mystery.
Content:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. Vigilantism and Vengeance -- 2. Barons of the Hills -- 3. The Ozarks in the Crosshairs -- 4. A Ghost's Tale -- 5. The Back-stay of Crick and Charley -- 6. Is He or Ain't He? -- 7. The Man behind the French Harp -- 8. "He Hain't My Connie" -- 9. The Identification of a Dead Man -- 10. The Farewell Tour of a Ghost -- 11. Folklore and Fact in the Aftermath -- Appendix A. Change and Persistence in the Rural Ozarks: An Essay on Setting -- Appendix B. A Musical Coda -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Illustrations follow page 136 -- back cover.
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Description based upon print version of record
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""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Prologue""; ""1. Vigilantism and Vengeance""; ""2. Barons of the Hills""; ""3. The Ozarks in the Crosshairs""; ""4. A Ghost�s Tale""; ""5. The Back-stay of Crick and Charley""; ""6. Is He or Ain�t He?""; ""7. The Man behind the French Harp""; ""8. “He Hain�t My Connie�""; ""9. The Identification of a Dead Man""; ""10. The Farewell Tour of a Ghost""; ""11. Folklore and Fact in the Aftermath""; ""Appendix A. Change and Persistence in the Rural Ozarks: An Essay on Setting""; ""Appendix B. A Musical Coda""
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""Notes""""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""Illustrations follow page 136""; ""back cover""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780252094118
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780252036958
Additional Edition:
Print version Ghost of the Ozarks : Murder and Memory in the Upland South
Language:
English
Keywords:
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