Wicked Joplin
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Wicked Joplin

  1. 112 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Wicked Joplin

About this book

A strange sort of pride tends to embellish infamy, like the notion that Frank and Jesse James robbed every bank in Missouri. But the citizens of Joplin need not exaggerate their community's unsavory past. Founded in the 1870s as a booming lead-mining camp, Joplin was a wide-open town from the start, and its wild reputation persisted into the mid-twentieth century. A neighboring town's newspaper aptly described Joplin as a "naughty place."? Join author Larry Wood on a colorful tour of the city's raucous past.

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Information

Publisher
The History Press
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9781609490935
eBook ISBN
9781625841049
Topic
History
Subtopic
North American History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Introduction
  8. Early Growth and the “Reign of Terror”
  9. Sinful Sirens—Dutch Em and the Two Mollies
  10. Lizzie Bobbitt and the “Enticing” of Kissie West
  11. Straight Whiskey with an Edge Like a Buzz Saw
  12. Twisting the Tiger’s Tail
  13. Raising Hell Generally
  14. The Boss Beer Man and Other Founding Fathers
  15. From Jayhawker to Joplinite
  16. A.J. and Cora Johnson and the Vaudeville Variety Theatre
  17. Joe Thornton: A Desperado of the Worst Character
  18. The Infamous House of Lords
  19. One of Those Hot Spots You Get Into and Can’t Get Out Of: Bonnie and Clyde’s Joplin Shootout
  20. Epilogue: Joplin’s Reputation Through the Years
  21. Bibliography
  22. About the Author