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