A history of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas being an account of the early settlements, the civil war, the Ku-Klux, and times of peace
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verlag:Alpha Editions
Fr. 35.90
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
15.05.2019
Verlag
Alpha EditionsSeitenzahl
250
Maße (L/B/H)
21.6/14/1.5 cm
Gewicht
358 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-93-5370-152-9
Along the Ozarks line, the past is not distant; it is lived, argued over, and carried in family stories. These borderlands remember every name. In A history of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas, William Monks maps a fiercely local world - from early Ozark settlements and rough-and-ready community building to the shattering years of the Civil War and the uncertain rhythms of peace that followed. Written close to the times it describes, this regional history book reads as primary source local history: a complete historical account shaped by testimony, remembrance, and the stubborn geography of hollows, ridges, and river crossings. Monks tracks the civil war in ozarks as it played out beyond major battlefields, where loyalties split, violence turned intimate, and authority was contested street by street. He then faces reconstruction era history head-on, including the spread of organised intimidation and an unvarnished treatment of ku klux klan history in the border counties. For genealogy and local history readers, it offers clues in place-names, communities, and social detail; for civil war history researchers, it preserves the immediacy of ozarks borderlands history that larger narratives often miss. Its witness-led tone gives the book lasting significance, a rare local view of national upheaval. For casual readers and collectors alike, it anchors southern missouri history to northern arkansas history. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.
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