Wicked Joplin
Larry Wood is a retired public school teacher and freelance writer specializing in the history of the Ozarks region. His magazine articles have appeared in publications likeAmerica's Civil War,Blue and Gray,Gateway Heritage,History Magazine,Kansas Heritage,Missouri Historical Review,Missouri Life,Ozarks Mountaineer,Ozarks Reader,Show Me the Ozarks,True WestandWild West. His previous books includeThe Civil War on the Lower Kansas-Missouri Border,The Civil War Story of Bloody Bill Anderson,Other Noted Guerrillas of the Civil War in Missouri,Ozarks Gunfights and Other Notorious Incidents,The Two Civil War Battles of Newtoniaand two historical novels entitledCall Me Charlie: A Novel of a Quantrill RaiderandShowdown at Baxter Springs. Wood and his wife, Gigi, live in Joplin, Missouri.