Down on Mahans Creek : A History of an Ozarks Neighborhood / Benjamin G. Rader.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rader, Benjamin G.

Series:

Ozark studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mountain people--Missouri--History--19th century.

Mountain people.

Mountain people--Ozark Mountains--History--19th century.

Mountain people--Missouri--History--20th century.

Mountain people--Ozark Mountains--History--20th century.

Boundaries.

Ozark Mountains--Boundaries--History.

Ozark Mountains.

Missouri.

United States--Ozark Mountains.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (403 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Fayetteville, [Arkansas] : The University of Arkansas Press, 2017.

Summary:

"In Down on Mahans Creek, Benjamin Rader provides a fascinating look at a neighborhood in the Missouri Ozarks from the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. He explores the many ways in which Mahans Creek, though remote, was never completely isolated or self-sufficient. The residents were deeply affected by the Civil War, and the arrival of the railroad and the timber boom in the 1890s propelled the community into modern times, creating a more fast-paced and consumer-oriented way of life and a new moral sensibility. During the Great Depression the creek's residents returned to some of the older values for survival. After World War II, modern technology changed their lives again, causing a movement away from the countryside and to the nearby small towns. Down on Mahans Creek tells the dynamic story of this distinctive neighborhood navigating the push and pull of the old and new ways of life." --Book jacket.

Contents:

Series editor's preface

Preface: My journey into Ozarks history

Prologue: Magic of Mahans Creek

Part I. Their Kentucky homeland: 1. Childress Clan ; 2. German Hat Maker's family ; 3. Hard times in Hart County

Part II. Settling on Mahans Creek

Part III. Scream of the saw mill

Part IV. When in places even the Creek went dry.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781610756020

1610756029

OCLC:

965518454