Research Catalog

Title

Daughter of the White River : Depression-era treachery and vengeance in the Arkansas Delta / Denise White Parkinson ; foreword by Dale Woodiel.

Author

Parkinson, Denise White.

Publication

Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2013.

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Details

Description

100 pages, 38 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map; 23 cm

Summary

"A true crime narrative about the life and misdeeds of Helen Spence in Arkansas during the Depression"--

Subject

• Spence, Helen, 1912?-1934
• Spence, Helen, 1912?-1934
• 1900-1999
• Women outlaws > Arkansas > Biography
• Outlaws > Arkansas > Biography
• Female offenders > Arkansas > Biography
• Betrayal > Arkansas > Case studies
• Revenge > Arkansas > Case studies
• Women prisoners > Arkansas > Biography
• Escapes > Arkansas > History > 20th century
• White River Region (Ark. and Mo.) > Biography
• Femmes hors-la-loi > Arkansas > Biographies
• Hors-la-loi > Arkansas > Biographies
• Criminelles > Arkansas > Biographies
• Trahison (Morale) > Arkansas > Études de cas
• Vengeance > Arkansas > Études de cas
• Prisonnières > Arkansas > Biographies
• Évasions > Arkansas > Histoire > 20e siècle
• TRUE CRIME > Murder > General
• Betrayal
• Escapes
• Female offenders
• Outlaws
• Revenge
• Women outlaws
• Women prisoners
• Arkansas

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• Case studies
• History
• Case studies.
• Études de cas.

Contents

Childhood and School Days -- Don't Call Me a River Rat -- Moonshine, Outlaws and the Younger Gang -- Depression-Era Treachery -- "She Showed No Remorse" -- A Chance at Liberty -- Trapped in Hell -- A Series of Daring Escapes -- Betrayed by the State -- A Reckoning -- Forget Me Not -- Epilogue.

ISBN

• 9781609499136
• 1609499131

LCCN

2013030786

OCLC

• ocn854612687
• 854612687
• SCSB-9108730

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library