| Wicked Joplin Contributor(s): Wood, Larry (Author) |
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ISBN: 1540225283 ISBN-13: 9781540225283 Publisher: History Press Library Editions OUR PRICE: $28.79 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - True Crime - History | United States - State & Local - General |
| Dewey: 977.872 |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 6" W x 9" (0.71 lbs) 114 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Missouri - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Locality - Joplin, Missouri |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A strange sort of pride tends to embellish infamy, like the notion that Frank and Jesse James robbed every bank in Missouri. But the citizens of Joplin need not exaggerate their community's unsavory past. Founded in the 1870s as a booming lead-mining camp, Joplin was a wide-open town from the start, and its wild reputation persisted into the mid-twentieth century. A neighboring town's newspaper aptly described Joplin as a naughty place."? Join author Larry Wood on a colorful tour of the city's raucous past." |