Title: Ghost of the Ozarks : murder and memory in the upland South /
Authors: Blevins, Brooks, 1969-
Publisher: University of Illinois Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Franklin, Connie,; Folklore Arkansas Stone County History; Murder Arkansas Stone County History; Trials (Murder) Arkansas Stone County.; Murder Press coverage United States History; Stereotypes (Social psychology) United States History; Collective memory Arkansas Stone County History; Arkansas Press coverage United States History; Ozark Mountains Region Press coverage United States History; Stone County (Ark.) Social life and customs History
Abstract: "In 1929, in a remote county of the Arkansas Ozarks, the gruesome murder of harmonica-playing drifter Connie Franklin and the brutal rape of his teenaged fiancee captured the attention of a nation on the cusp of the Great Depression."--Jacket flap.
Contents: Vigilantism and Vengeance -- Barons of the Hills -- The Ozarks in the Crosshairs -- A Ghost's Tale -- The Backstay of Crick and Charley -- Is He or Ain't He? -- The Man Behind the French Harp -- "He Hain't My Connie" -- The Identification of a Dead Man -- The Farewell Tour of a Ghost -- Folklore and Fact in the Aftermath -- Appendix A: Change and Persistence in the Rural Ozarks : An Essay on Setting -- Appendix B: A Musical Coda.