Wicked women of Missouri
By: Larry Wood
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 137
ISBN-13: 9781467119665
Subjects: Women; Biography; Women murderers; Female offenders
Description: "Marauders like Jesse James and the Younger gang earned Missouri the title of 'Outlaw State,' but the male desperadoes had nothing on their female counterparts. Belle 'Queen of the Bandits' Starr and Cora Hubbard kept Missouri's sensationalist newspapers and dime novelists in business with exploits ranging from horse thefts to bank heists. Missouri native Ma Barker and her murderous sons rose to infamy during the gangster era of the 1930s while Bonnie Parker crisscrossed the state with Clyde Barrow. From savvy burlesque dancers to deadly gold diggers, historian Larry Wood chronicles the titillating stories of ten of the Show-Me State's shadiest ladies" -- From back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Belle Starr, queen of the bandits; title: All the pretty horse thieves; title: Cora Hubbard, female bank robber; title: Zeo Zoe Wilkins, gold digger extraordinaire; title: Serial killer, Bertha Gifford; title: Irene McCann, from good girl to bad woman; title: "Suicide Sal", the story of Bonnie Parker; title: Ma Barker and her murderous sons; title: Sextraordinary Sally Rand; title: Bonnie Heady and the Greenlease kidnapping.