Ghost of the Ozarks : murder and memory in the upland South /

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"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

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Blevins, Brooks, 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2012.
Subjects:
Franklin, Connie, > 1897-1932.
Franklin, Connie, > 1897-1932
1900-1999
Murder > Arkansas > Stone County > History > 20th century.
Trials (Murder) > Arkansas > Stone County.
Murder > Press coverage > United States > History > 20th century.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) > United States > History > 20th century.
Collective memory > Arkansas > Stone County > History > 20th century.
Folklore > Arkansas > Stone County > History > 20th century.
Meurtre > Couverture de presse > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Stéréotypes > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
TRUE CRIME > Murder > General.
Folklore.
Collective memory
Manners and customs
Murder
Press coverage
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Trials (Murder)
Arkansas > Press coverage > United States > History > 20th century.
Ozark Mountains Region > Press coverage > United States > History > 20th century.
Stone County (Ark.) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Arkansas > Couverture de presse > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Arkansas
Arkansas > Stone County
United States
United States > Ozark Mountains Region
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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