| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 261 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| 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. |
| Summary |
"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."--Jacket flap. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Franklin, Connie, 1897-1932.
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Franklin, Connie, 1897-1932. |
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Franklin, Connie, 1897-1932. |
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Franklin, Connie, 1897-1932. |
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Murder -- Arkansas -- Stone County -- History -- 20th century.
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Murder. |
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Arkansas -- Stone County. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Trials (Murder) |
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Trials (Murder) -- Arkansas -- Stone County.
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Press coverage. |
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United States. |
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Arkansas -- Press coverage -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Arkansas. |
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Murder -- Press coverage -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Ozark Mountains Region -- Press coverage -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Stereotypes (Social psychology) -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Stereotypes (Social psychology) |
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Collective memory -- Arkansas -- Stone County -- History -- 20th century.
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Collective memory. |
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Stone County (Ark.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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Folklore -- Arkansas -- Stone County -- History -- 20th century.
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Folklore. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Blevins, Brooks, 1969- Ghost of the Ozarks. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2012 9780252036958 (DLC) 2011034678 (OCoLC)748674631 |
| ISBN |
9780252094118 (electronic book) |
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0252094115 (electronic book) |
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9780252036958 |
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0252036956 |
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9781283993562 |
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1283993562 |
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