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Speaking ill of the dead : jerks in Florida history
- Title
- Speaking ill of the dead : jerks in Florida history / E. Lynne Wright.
- Author
- Wright, E. Lynne, 1931-
- Publication
- Guilford, Connecticut : Globe Pequot Press, 2013.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | F311.6 .W77 2013 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 221 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "The lives of notorious bad guys, perpetrators of mischief, visionary-if misunderstood-thinkers, and other colorful antiheroes, jerks, and evil doers from history all get their due in the short essays featured in these enlightening, informative, books. Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Florida History features more than a dozen short biographies of nefarious characters, from the misguided Dr. Frederick Weedon, the physician who treated the great Muskegee warrior Osceola during his captivity, to Lewis Powell, John Wilkes Booth's Florida co-conspirator."--Amazon.
- Alternative Title
- Jerks in Florida history
- Subject
- Outlaws > Florida > Anecdotes
- Rogues and vagabonds > Florida > Anecdotes
- Criminals > Chicago > Anecdotes
- Hors-la-loi > Floride > Anecdotes
- Vagabonds > Floride > Anecdotes
- Criminels > Chicago > Anecdotes
- Criminals
- Outlaws
- Rogues and vagabonds
- Florida > History > Anecdotes
- Florida > Anecdotes
- Floride > Histoire > Anecdotes
- Floride > Anecdotes
- Florida
- Illinois > Chicago
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Anecdotes.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-214) and index.
- Contents
- Dr. Weedon's Gruesome Surgery -- John Wilkes Booth's Florida Conspirator -- The Carpetbagger Governor -- Florida's Green Menace -- The Burning of Styx -- Booker T. Washington Gives a Speech -- Guy Bradley's Killer -- Edgar J. Watson, Killing Machine -- The Divisive Governor Catts -- 111 Years of Child Cruelty -- Ben Hecht Buries a Treasure -- Pepper, Ball, and Gorgeous George -- The Trial of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings -- Sheriff McCall's Brutal Reign -- KKK : Organized Jerks -- McCarthyism Invades Florida -- Justice for Adam -- Even Heroes Can Be Jerks -- Queen of Florida Jerks.
- ISBN
- 9780762778546
- 0762778547
- LCCN
- 2013018901
- OCLC
- ocn845085513
- SCSB-14490866
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library