The Industrialist and the Mountaineer : the Eastham-Thompson Fued and the Struggle for West Virginia's Timber Frontier.

"In 1897 a small landholder named Robert Eastham shot and killed timber magnate Frank Thompson in Tucker County, West Virginia, leading to a sensational trial that highlighted a clash between local traditions and modernizing forces. Ronald L. Lewis's book uses this largely forgotten episod...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2017.
Colección:WEST VIRGINIA & APPALACHIA.
Temas:
Thompson, Frank, > -1897 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Eastham, Robert > Trials, litigation, etc.
Eastham, Robert.
Thompson, Frank, > -1897.
1800-1899
Trials (Murder) > West Virginia.
Procès (Meurtre) > Virginie-Occidentale.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Trials (Murder)
West Virginia > History > 19th century.
West Virginia.
History.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; 1. The Incorporation of West Virginia ; 2. Modernizing the Law ; 3. Robert W. Eastham, the Early Years ; 4. Eastham in West Virginia ; 5. Who Were the Thompsons? ; 6. Setting the Stage for Trouble ; 7. The Struggle for Control; 8. The Shoot-Out and "Lawyers by the Dozen" ; 9. Jury Selection and the Appeal ; 10. On Trial for Murder ; Epilogue ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index.

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