Faces Like Devils : The Bald Knobber Vigilantes in the Ozarks /

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In the twenty-first century, the word vigilante usually conjures up images of cinematic heroes like Batman, Zorro, the Lone Ranger, or Clint Eastwood in just about any film he's ever been in. But in the nineteenth century, vigilantes roamed the country long before they ever made their way onto...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hernando, Matthew J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2015
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Criminals > Missouri > History > 19th century.
Crime > Missouri > History > 19th century.
Vigilantes > Missouri > History > 19th century.
Vigilance committees > Missouri > History > 19th century.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of tables
  • List of figures
  • Introduction
  • Southwest Missouri from settlement to Civil War
  • Taney County from the Civil War to the Bald Knobbers
  • The purging of Taney County
  • Righteous devils : the Bald Knobbers in Christian and Douglas Counties
  • The crackdown : southwest Missouri reacts to the Edens-Greene killings
  • "A scene of ghastliness" : the tragic end of the Bald Knobbers in Christian County
  • The death of Nat Kinney and a duel on the Fourth of July
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A. Names of Bald Knobbers by County
  • Appendix B. Names of Anti-Bald Knobbers in Taney County.

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