| Alabama's Outlaw Sheriff, Stephen S. Renfroe Revised Edition Contributor(s): Rogers, William Warren (Author), Pruitt, Ruth (Author), Pruitt, Paul M. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0817352481 ISBN-13: 9780817352486 Publisher: University Alabama Press OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Biography & Autobiography | Criminals & Outlaws |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2004030109 |
| Series: Library of Alabama Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 6.12" W x 9.04" (0.62 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Alabama - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "This vignette of local southern history . . . recounts Renfroe's career as sheriff of Sumter County for a little more than two years, followed by six years of bizarre activities as a fugitive from justice before being lynched in July 1886. . . . He led the local Ku Klux Klan in 1868-69, participated in the Meridian riot of 1871, and took part in the killing of two active Republicans, one white and one black, in 1874. Rumors attributed other slayings to this violence-prone man who in 1867 had fled another county after killing his brother-in-law. . . . The story clearly illustrates the violent tactics of the redemption process."--Journal of American History |