Otto Wood, the bandit the freighthopping thief, bootlegger, and convicted murderer behind the Appalachian ballads /

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"Legions of bluegrass fans know the name Otto Wood (1893-1930) from a ballad made popular by Doc Watson, telling the story of Wood's crimes and violent death. However, few know the history of this Appalachian figure beyond the larger-than-life version heard in song. Trevor McKenzie reconst...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McKenzie, Trevor (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2021.
Temas:
Wood, Otto, > 1895-1930.
Wood, Otto, > 1895-1930
Criminals > Appalachian Region, Southern > Biography.
Criminals > North Carolina > Biography.
Criminels > Appalaches (Sud) > Biographies.
Criminels > Caroline du Nord > Biographies.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Criminals
Biography & non-fiction prose.
Biography.
Appalachian Region, Southern > Folklore.
Appalaches (Sud) > Folklore.
Southern Appalachian Region
North Carolina
Biography
Folklore
Biographies
Biographies.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Time among strangers: childhood and early crimes, 1893-1912
  • Outlaw of the Boone Trail: carjacking and the Wood crime family, 1913-1917
  • The mountains were the safest place: Otto Wood, blockader and highwayman, 1918-1923
  • Killing a rattlesnake: The Greensboro killing and the 1924 prison escape, 1923-1924
  • The Houdini of Cell Block A: Otto Wood, criminal celebrity, 1925-928
  • An experiment in humanity: the reformer and the renegade, 1928-1930
  • I'll make'em earn their reward: final days, December 1930
  • Step up, buddies, and listen to my song: the ballads of Otto Wood, 1931-present.

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