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Author:

Blevins, Brooks, 1969-

Title:

Ghost of the Ozarks : murder and memory in the upland South / Brooks Blevins.

Publisher:

University of Illinois Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xxii, 261 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Franklin, Connie,--1897-1932.
Murder--Stone County--Stone County--History--20th century.
Trials (Murder)--Stone County.--Stone County.
Murder--History--United States--History--20th century.
Arkansas--History--United States--History--20th century.
Ozark Mountains Region--History--United States--History--20th century.
Stereotypes (Social psychology)--United States--History--20th century.
Collective memory--Stone County--Stone County--History--20th century.
Stone County (Ark.)--Social life and customs History--20th century.
Folklore--Arkansas--History--History--20th century.

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

0252036956 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
9780252036958 (hardcover : acid-free paper)

LCCN:

2011034678

Locations:

KJPF566 -- Fort Madison Public Library (Fort Madison)