Speaking ill of the dead
Subtitle: jerks in Georgia history
By: John McKay
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Guilford, Conn
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780762778812
Subjects: Outlaws; Criminals; Anecdotes; Rogues and vagabonds; Biography; History
Other titles: Jerks in Georgia history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Edward Teach, AKA "Blackbeard": pirate on the Georgia coast; title: John Wesley: jilted fugitive from the Savannah Colony; title: Thomas Brown: loyalist guerilla fighter during the Revolution; title: Major Ridge: Cherokee chief and signer of the New Echota Treaty; title: Harrison W. Riley: the "meanest man in the mountains"; title: John P. Gatewood: Confederate guerilla fighter; title: William T. Sherman: pyromaniac across Georgia; title: John Bell Hood: hotheaded southern commander who jeopardized the Confederacy; title: Henry Wirz: commander of the Andersonville POW camp; title: Charles B. Blacker: deputy US marshal in the Georgia moonshine war, 1876-77; title: Tom Woolfolk: mass murderer of his own family; title: Thomas Watson: populist politician, KKK supporter; title: George R. Harsh: thrill killer turned "great escape" war hero; title: John S. Williams: peonage master and mass murderer; title: John Wallace: perpetrator of the famous "murder in Coweta County".