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Faces like devils : the Bald Knobber vigilantes in the Ozarks / Matthew J. Hernando.

Van Pelt Library F472.O9 H47 2015
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hernando, Matthew J., author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Vigilantes--Ozark Mountains Region--History--19th century.
Vigilantes--Missouri--History--19th century.
Vigilantes.
History.
Ozark Mountains Region--History--19th century.
Taney County (Mo.)--History--19th century.
Missouri.
Physical Description:
xi, 313 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Other Title:
Bald Knobber vigilantes in the Ozarks
Bald Knobbers of Southwest Missouri, 1885-1889
Place of Publication:
Columbia [Missouri] : University of Missouri Press, [2015]
Contents:
Chapter 1 Southwest Missouri from Settlement to Civil War 19
Chapter 2 Taney County from the Civil War to the Bald Knobbers 45
Chapter 3 The Purging of Taney County 79
Chapter 4 Righteous Devils: The Bald Knobbers in Christian and Douglas Counties Ill
Chapter 5 The Crackdown: Southwest Missouri Reacts to the Edens-Greene Killings 141
Chapter 6 "A Scene of Ghastliness": The Tragic End of the Bald Knobbers in Christian County 161
Chapter 7 The Death of Nat Kinney and a Duel on the Fourth of July 187.
Notes:
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Louisiana State University, 2011) under the title: The Bald Knobbers of Southwest Missouri, 1885-1889.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-298) and index.
ISBN:
082622041X
9780826220417
OCLC:
880501049

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