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Author Blevins, Brooks, 1969-

Title Ghost of the Ozarks [electronic resource] : murder and memory in the upland South / Brooks Blevins.

Imprint Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2012.

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Description xxii, 261 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., maps.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references ([243]-252) and index.
Contents Vigilantism and Vengeance -- Barons of the Hills -- The Ozarks in the Crosshairs -- A Ghost's Tale -- The Backstay of Crick and Charley -- Is He or Ain't He? -- The Man Behind the French Harp -- "He Hain't My Connie" -- The Identification of a Dead Man -- The Farewell Tour of a Ghost -- Folklore and Fact in the Aftermath -- Appendix A: Change and Persistence in the Rural Ozarks : An Essay on Setting -- Appendix B: A Musical Coda.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Franklin, Connie, 1897-1932.
Murder -- Arkansas -- Stone County -- History -- 20th century.
Trials (Murder) -- Arkansas -- Stone County.
Murder -- Press coverage -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Collective memory -- Arkansas -- Stone County -- History -- 20th century.
Folklore -- Arkansas -- Stone County -- History -- 20th century.
Arkansas -- Press coverage -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Ozark Mountains Region -- Press coverage -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Stone County (Ark.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780252036958 (hardcover acid-free paper)
0252036956 (hardcover acid-free paper)
9780252094118 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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