LEADER 03663nam 2200565 450 001 9910459929703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8262-7334-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000371565 035 $a(EBL)3440870 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001469769 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11780100 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001469769 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11529700 035 $a(PQKB)11181206 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3440870 035 $a(OCoLC)904398015 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse37955 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3440870 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11030612 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000371565 100 $a20150320h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFaces like devils $ethe bald knobber vigilantes in the ozarks /$fMatthew J. Hernando ; jacket design, Mindy Basinger Hill ; interior design and composition, Bruce Leckie 210 1$aColumbia, Missouri :$cUniversity of Missouri,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (328 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8262-2041-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAcknowledgments -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Introduction -- Southwest Missouri from settlement to Civil War -- Taney County from the Civil War to the Bald Knobbers -- The purging of Taney County -- Righteous devils : the Bald Knobbers in Christian and Douglas Counties -- The crackdown : southwest Missouri reacts to the Edens-Greene killings -- "A scene of ghastliness" : the tragic end of the Bald Knobbers in Christian County -- The death of Nat Kinney and a duel on the Fourth of July -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Names of Bald Knobbers by County -- Appendix B. Names of Anti-Bald Knobbers in Taney County. 330 $aIn the twenty-first century, the word vigilante usually conjures up images of cinematic heroes like Batman, Zorro, the Lone Ranger, or Clint Eastwood in just about any film he's ever been in. But in the nineteenth century, vigilantes roamed the country long before they ever made their way onto the silver screen. In Faces Like Devils, Matthew J. Hernando closely examines one of the most famous of these vigilante groups--the Bald Knobbers. Hernando sifts through the folklore and myth surrounding the Bald Knobbers to produce an authentic history of the rise and fall of Missouri's most famous vigilantes. He details the differences between the modernizing Bald Knobbers of Taney County and the anti-progressive Bald Knobbers of Christian County, while also stressing the importance of Civil War-era violence with respect to the foundation of these vigilante groups. Despite being one of America's largest and most famous vigilante groups during the nineteenth century, the Bald Knobbers have not previously been examined in depth. Hernando's exhaustive research, which includes a plethora of state and federal court records, newspaper articles, and firsthand accounts, remedies that lack. This account of the Bald Knobbers is vital to anyone not wanting to miss out on a major part of Missouri's history. 606 $aVigilance committees$zMissouri$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aVigilance committees 676 $a364.10977809034 700 $aHernando$b Matthew J.$01034092 702 $aBasinger Hill$b Mindy 702 $aLeckie$b Bruce 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459929703321 996 $aFaces like devils$92453011 997 $aUNINA