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Forgotten tales of Missouri

Title
Forgotten tales of Missouri / Mary Collins Barile ; illustrations by Karleigh Hambrick.
Author
Barile, Mary.
Publication
Charleston, SC : History Press, 2012.

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TextUse in library F466.6 .B37 2012Off-site

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Description
188 pages : illustrations; 19 cm
Summary
A collection of Missouri legends ranging from historical tales of wind wagons to tales of murder.
Subject
  • Legends > Missouri
  • Tales > Missouri
  • Legends
  • Manners and customs
  • Tales
  • Missouri > History > Anecdotes
  • Missouri > Biography > Anecdotes
  • Missouri > Social life and customs > Anecdotes
  • Missouri > History, Local > Anecdotes
  • Missouri
Genre/Form
  • Biographies.
  • Anecdotes.
  • History.
  • Local history.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-188).
Contents
Missouri's Fault -- Long's Dragon -- The Chamber Pot War -- Mike Fink in Missouri -- The Victoria Witch -- Old Sawbones : Dr. Joseph Nash McDowell -- Missouri Harmony -- Two Janes -- Home Sweet Utopia -- Murder Will Out -- Scoundrel : The Lost Life of Alphonso Wetmore -- The Little Stranger -- Private Newcum and the Land Bounty -- Windwagons West -- The Todds of Missouri -- The Long Black Veil -- Frankie, Albert and Stagger Lee -- Beaten Biscuits Build a Fortune -- Scott Joplin's Trunk -- Ho, Ho, MO and Holiday Legends -- The Mysterious Pearl -- Vanishing Point.
ISBN
  • 9781609494735
  • 1609494733
LCCN
2012014831
OCLC
  • ocn785786675
  • SCSB-9644976
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library