Review:
"Brooks Blevins is an expert on Ozarks matters--the history, the land, the people--and in Ghost of the Ozarks he proves it again. Blevins provides a spellbinding account of a notorious and brutal crime involving murder, rape, and the resurrection of a corpse, with a bounty of mysterious elements and a haunting resolution."--Daniel Woodrell, author of Winter's Bone
"One of the most interesting books I have read in years--I started the first few pages and just couldn't quit. This thorough and sophisticated discussion will appeal to readers interested in the history of violence, cultural stereotypes, modernization, the Ozarks, legal history, and journalism."--Bruce E. Baker, author of This Mob Will Surely Take My Life: Lynchings in the Carolinas, 1871-1947
"Brooks Blevins does an outstanding job of retelling the ins and outs of this fantastic and entertaining story--the sensationalism of the press, the charges of rape, peonage, and privilege, the dramatic trial, and even the reappearance of the murder victim."--Michael Pierce, associate editor, Arkansas Historical Quarterly
"Brooks Blevins does an outstanding job of retelling the ins and outs of this fantastic and entertaining story--the sensationalism of the press, the charges of rape, peonage, and privilege, the dramatic trial, and even the reappearance of the murder victim."--Michael Pierce, associate editor, Arkansas Historical Quarterly
"One of the most interesting books I have read in years--I started the first few pages and just couldn't quit. This thorough and sophisticated discussion will appeal to readers interested in the history of violence, cultural stereotypes, modernization, the Ozarks, legal history, and journalism." --Bruce E. Baker, author of This Mob Will Surely Take My Life: Lynchings in the Carolinas, 1871–1947
"This is local history at its best--the description and analysis of a single localized event that sheds light on the larger place and time. Blevins writes with a knowledge based on exhaustive scholarly research and the understanding of one who was born and raised in the region. Serious scholars and casual readers alike will find Ghost of the Ozarks hard to put down."--The Journal of Southern History
"This book is about far more than a trial. It is a deep and penetrating look at an isolated and poor mountain redoubt along Cajun Creek on the eastern edge of Stone County."--Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
"Brooks Blevins is an expert on Ozarks matters--the history, the land, the people--and in Ghost of the Ozarks he proves it again. Blevins provides a spellbinding account of a notorious and brutal crime involving murder, rape, and the resurrection of a corpse, with a bounty of mysterious elements and a haunting resolution."--Daniel Woodrell, author of Winter's Bone
From the Author:
A native of the Arkansas Ozarks, Brooks Blevins is the Noel Boyd Professor of Ozarks Studies at Missouri State University. His other books include Arkansas/Arkansaw: How Bear Hunters, Hillbillies, and Good Ol' Boys Defined a State and Hill Folks: A History of Arkansas Ozarkers and Their Image.
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