Murder & Mayhem in Missouri - Hardcover
by Larry Wood
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:History Press Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540208422ISBN-10:1540208427UPC:9781540208422Book Category:History, True CrimeBook Subcategory:United States, MurderBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.76Product ID:SCX6HQE10X
Desperadoes like Frank and Jesse James earned Missouri the nickname of the "Outlaw State" after the Civil War, and that reputation followed the region into the Prohibition era through the feverish criminal activity of Bonnie and Clyde, the Barkers and Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd. Duck into the Slicker War of the 1840s, a vigilante movement that devolved into a lingering feud in which the two sides sometimes meted out whippings, called slickings, on each other. Or witness the Kansas City Massacre of 1933, a shootout between law enforcement officers and criminal gang members who were trying to free Frank Nash, a notorious gang leader being escorted to federal prison. Follow Larry Wood through the most shameful and savage portion of the Show-Me State's history.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:History Press Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540208422ISBN-10:1540208427UPC:9781540208422Book Category:History, True CrimeBook Subcategory:United States, MurderBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.76Product ID:SCX6HQE10X
Wood, Larry: - Larry Wood is a retired public school teacher and freelance writer specializing in the history of the Ozarks region. His magazine articles have appeared in publications like America's Civil War, Blue and Gray, Gateway Heritage, History Magazine, Kansas Heritage, Missouri Historical Review, Missouri Life, Ozarks Mountaineer, Ozarks Reader, Show Me the Ozarks, True West, and Wild West. His previous books include The Civil War on the Lower Kansas-Missouri Border, The Civil War Story of Bloody Bill Anderson, Other Noted Guerrillas of the Civil War in Missouri, Ozarks Gunfights and Other Notorious Incidents, and two historical novels entitled Call Me Charlie: A Novel of a Quantrill Raider and Showdown at Baxter Springs. Wood and his wife, G.G., live in Joplin, Missouri.
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