Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-301) and index.
Contents:
Real murdered girls. Omie Wise ; Lula Viers ; Ellen Smith ; Stella Kenney ; Pearl Bryan ; Henry Clay Beattie -- The girls fight back. Frankie Silver ; Frankie Baker (Frankie and Albert) or Frankie and Johnny ; Pearl Drew ; Belair Cove -- More mindless mayhem. Delia ; Tom Dula ; Ella Speed ; General Denhardt ; Arch and Gordon -- Family affair. The Lawson family murders ; The Meeks family murders ; Batson -- Mobs and murder ballads. Mary Phagan ; Nellie Cropsey ; Lottie Yates ; The Ashland tragedy -- Two for the road. The peddler and his wife ; Freda Bolt.
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