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Author:
Slade, Paul.
Title:
Unprepared to die : America's greatest murder ballads and the true stories that inspired them / by Paul Slade.
Publisher:
Soundcheck Books,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
xii, 290 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Subject:
Ballads--History and criticism.
Murder--Songs and music.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-282) and index.
Contents:
Stagger Lee: Meet the godfather of every gangsta rap song -- Frankie & Johnny: The real woman behind Mae West's first starring role -- Knoxville girl: One song's journey from 1680s England to today's Tennessee -- The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll: Bob Dylan's masterpiece and the truthful lies it tells -- Tom Dooley: Syphilis and murder in the wake of America's Civil War -- Pretty Polly: Musical madness from a uniquely sadistic killer -- Poor Ellen Smith: Uncovering the 1890s mule thief who wrote this indelible song -- Murder of the Lawson Family: Why did Charlie Lawson kill his family on Christmas Day?
ISBN:
099294807X
9780992948078
OCLC:
(OCoLC)907657936
Locations:
KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

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