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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779465403321

Autore

Blevins Brooks <1969->

Titolo

Ghost of the Ozarks [[electronic resource] ] : murder and memory in the upland South / / Brooks Blevins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2012

ISBN

0-252-09411-5

1-283-99356-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Disciplina

364.152/3092

Soggetti

Murder - Arkansas - Stone County - History - 20th century

Trials (Murder) - Arkansas - Stone County

Murder - Press coverage - United States - History - 20th century

Stereotypes (Social psychology) - United States - History - 20th century

Collective memory - Arkansas - Stone County - History - 20th century

Folklore - Arkansas - Stone County - History - 20th century

Arkansas Press coverage United States History 20th century

Ozark Mountains Region Press coverage United States History 20th century

Stone County (Ark.) Social life and customs 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references ([243]-252) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Vigilantism and Vengeance -- Barons of the Hills -- The Ozarks in the Crosshairs -- A Ghost's Tale -- The Backstay of Crick and Charley -- Is He or Ain't He? -- The Man Behind the French Harp -- "He Hain't My Connie" -- The Identification of a Dead Man -- The Farewell Tour of a Ghost -- Folklore and Fact in the Aftermath -- Appendix A: Change and Persistence in the Rural Ozarks : An Essay on Setting -- Appendix B: A Musical Coda.