Murder & Mayhem in Missouri
Larry Wood
Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Geschichte
Beschreibung
Desperadoes like Frank and Jesse James earned Missouri the nickname of the "e;Outlaw State"e; after the Civil War, and that reputation followed the region into the Prohibition era through the feverish criminal activity of Bonnie and Clyde, the Barkers and Charles "e;Pretty Boy"e; Floyd. Duck into the Slicker War of the 1840s, a vigilante movement that devolved into a lingering feud in which the two sides sometimes meted out whippings, called slickings, on each other. Or witness the Kansas City Massacre of 1933, a shootout between law enforcement officers and criminal gang members who were trying to free Frank Nash, a notorious gang leader being escorted to federal prison. Follow Larry Wood through the most shameful and savage portion of the Show-Me State's history.
