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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.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
McKenzie, Trevor, author.
Contributor:
Holt, David, 1946- writer of foreword.
Project Muse.
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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