White man's heaven
Subtitle: the lynching and expulsion of blacks in the Southern Ozarks, 1894-1909
By: Kimberly Harper
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Fayetteville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9781557289414
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pierce City: life before the lynchings; title: Pierce City: "White man's heaven"; title: Pierce City: The lark and Godley trials; title: Joplin: "Have mercy on my soul"; title: Joplin: "Hurrah for Hickory Bill"; title: Springfield: "The devil was just as good a friend to God"; title: Springfield: "A slumbering volcano"; title: Springfield: "The Easter offering"; title: Springfield: "They certainly had not the bearing of deacons"; title: Springfield: "Murder in the air"; title: Harrison: "Their voices filled the air"; title: Conclusion.