Ghost of the Ozarks : murder and memory in the upland South /

Blevins, Brooks, 1969-

Ghost of the Ozarks : murder and memory in the upland South / Brooks Blevins. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (xxii, 261 pages, 12. pages of plates )



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.

"In 1929, in a remote county of the Arkansas Ozarks, the gruesome murder of harmonica-playing drifter Connie Franklin and the brutal rape of his teenaged fiancee captured the attention of a nation on the cusp of the Great Depression."--Jacket flap



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Franklin, Connie, 1897-1932.


Murder--History--Arkansas--Stone County--20th century.
Trials (Murder)--Arkansas--Stone County.
Murder--Press coverage--History--United States--20th century.
Stereotypes (Social psychology)--History--United States--20th century.
Collective memory--History--Arkansas--Stone County--20th century.
Folklore--Stone County--History--Arkansas--20th century.


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