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Otto Wood, the bandit : the freighthopping thief, bootlegger, and convicted murderer behind the Appalachian ballads / Trevor McKenzie ; foreword by David Holt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McKenzie, Trevor, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wood, Otto, 1895-1930.
- Wood, Otto.
- Criminals--North Carolina--Biography.
- Criminals.
- Criminals--Appalachian Region, Southern--Biography.
- Appalachian Region, Southern--Folklore.
- Appalachian Region, Southern.
- Southern Appalachian Region.
- North Carolina.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Time among strangers: childhood and early crimes, 1893-1912
- Outlaw of the Boone Trail: carjacking and the Wood crime family, 1913-1917
- The mountains were the safest place: Otto Wood, blockader and highwayman, 1918-1923
- Killing a rattlesnake: The Greensboro killing and the 1924 prison escape, 1923-1924
- The Houdini of Cell Block A: Otto Wood, criminal celebrity, 1925-928
- An experiment in humanity: the reformer and the renegade, 1928-1930
- I'll make'em earn their reward: final days, December 1930
- Step up, buddies, and listen to my song: the ballads of Otto Wood, 1931-present.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781469665672
- 1469665670
- Publisher Number:
- 40030703527
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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