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Missouri's Wicked Route 66
Gangsters and Outlaws on the Mother Road
- 128 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
Tracing Route 66 through Missouri represents one of America's favorite exercises in nostalgia, but a discerning glance among the roadside weeds reveals the kind of sordid history that doesn't appear on postcards. Along with vintage cars and picnic baskets, Route 66 was a conduit humming with contraband and crackling with the gunplay of folks like Bonnie and Clyde, Jesse James and the Young brothers. It was also the preferred byway of lynch mobs, murderous hitchhikers and mad scientists. Stop in at places like the Devil's Elbow and the Steffleback Bordello on this trip through the more treacherous twists of the Mother Road.
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Yes, you can access Missouri's Wicked Route 66 by Lisa Livingston-Martin in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & North American History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Route 66: Americaās Road
- 2. Jack the Ripper: St. Louis Connection?
- 3. Joseph Nash McDowell: Brilliant Surgeon or Mad Scientist?
- 4. Lemp Family: Fortune and Tragedy
- 5. Devilās Elbow: Murder Unpunished
- 6. The Wild West Gunfight Is Born on Route 66
- 7. The Young Brothers: Largest Massacre of Law Enforcement in American History Before 9/11
- 8. Mob Violence and Lynching
- 9. Bonnie and Clyde: A Legend Is Born on Route 66
- 10. Billy Cook: Murder Hitchhikes on Route 66
- 11. Jesse and Frank James: Missouriās Sons and Outlaws
- 12. The āStefflebeckā Bordello: The Staffleback House of Ill Fame and Gruesome Horrors
- Bibliography
- About the Author