Wicked Branson
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About this book

Branson's wholesome brand of entertainment made it the nation's destination for family fun, but the vacation wonderland can't claim a spotless past. Murder and mischief dogged the town's efforts at respectability from the very beginning. The founder's own brother, Galba Branson, was a prominent member of the notorious vigilante gang the Bald Knobbers. He died in a picnic shootout that originated in a church prank. Branson's transformation into a showbiz mecca brought quarrel and scandal in its wake, from provoked orangutans to wire-tapped dressing rooms. Three comedians and authors--Ed and Karen Underwood and John Pinney--offer this backstage pass to the seamier side of Branson's history.

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Yes, you can access Wicked Branson by Edward L. & Karen J. Underwood with John Pinney,John Pinney 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.

Information

Year
2017
eBook ISBN
9781439659656
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword, by Todd Robbins
  7. Introduction
  8. Branson Begins
  9. The Legend of the Devil’s Den
  10. The Murder Rock
  11. Up from the Ashes, Up from the Mud
  12. The Seer of the Ozarks
  13. A Stroke of Bad Luck
  14. The Thoroughly Modern Toby
  15. The True First Standing Show in Branson
  16. The Writer and the Rogue
  17. Of Prophets and Profits
  18. The Mormons Are Coming! The Mormons Are Coming!
  19. Who Do You Do?
  20. The Glamorous Life of a Branson Entertainer
  21. Confessions of a Stand-Up Comic
  22. Taxicab Confessions
  23. The Branson Files
  24. Big Names and Crying Shames
  25. Where the Happy Trails End
  26. When Branson Imitates Life
  27. Silver and Gold
  28. Bibliography
  29. About the Authors and Illustrator