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