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Statesmen, Scoundrels, and Eccentrics : A Gallery of Amazing Arkansans.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago : University of Arkansas Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (284 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781610753999
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Statesmen, Scoundrels, and EccentricsDDC classification:
  • 920.0767
LOC classification:
  • F410
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Natives, Explorers, and Early Settlers -- Hernando de Soto -- Saracen -- Jean Laffite -- William E. Woodruff -- Matthew Lyon -- Hiram A. Whittington -- Jacob Wolf -- Antoine Barraque -- Friedrich Gerstäcker -- Davy Crockett -- 2. Antebellum Politicians -- Robert Crittenden -- Gov. George Izard -- Chester Ashley -- Augustus H. Garland -- Robert Ward Johnson -- 3. Postbellum Politicians -- Gov. Powell Clayton -- Sen. Stephen W. Dorsey -- William H. Grey -- Isaac T. Gillam -- Gov. James H. Berry -- 4. Twentieth-Century Politicians -- Gov. John S. Little -- Sen. Joseph T. Robinson -- Gov. Charles H. Brough -- Sen. Thaddeus Caraway -- Sen. Hattie Caraway -- Rep. Claude A. Fuller -- Rep. Clyde T. Ellis -- Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller -- Lt. Gov. Maurice "Footsie" Britt -- 5. The Law -- Nelson Hacket -- John R. Eakin -- Mifflin W. Gibbs -- Judge Isaac C. Parker -- Scipio A. Jones -- 6. Entrepreneurs -- Nathan Warren -- Scott Bond -- Green Thompson -- Conrad Elsken -- Ben Pearson -- 7. Artists and Writers -- Edward Payson Washbourne -- John Hallum -- Alice French -- Dionicio Rodriguez -- Brewer Family -- Vance Randolph -- Miss Lily Peter -- 8. Education, Science, and Medicine -- Dr. Charles McDermott -- J. C. Corbin -- Ida Joe Brooks -- Anna P. Strong -- Dr. William Baerg -- Keller and Marian Breland -- Samuel Lee Kountz -- Harold Alexander -- 9. Entertainers and Performers -- Scott Joplin -- Norm McLeod -- Broncho Billy Anderson -- Lum and Abner -- Louis Jordan -- Emma Dusenbury -- Hazel Walker -- 10. Religious Leaders -- Rev. Cephas Washburn -- Bishop Edward Fitzgerald -- Rev. Hay Watson Smith -- Rabbi Ira E. Sanders -- 11. Seers, Spiritualists, and Skeptics -- Caroline Dye -- Lessie Stringfellow -- Bernie Babcock -- Harold M. Sherman -- 12. Eccentrics, Frauds, and the Inexplicable.
William Hope "Coin" Harvey -- King Crowley -- Old Mike -- Dr. John R. Brinkley -- Ted Richmond.
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Natives, Explorers, and Early Settlers -- Hernando de Soto -- Saracen -- Jean Laffite -- William E. Woodruff -- Matthew Lyon -- Hiram A. Whittington -- Jacob Wolf -- Antoine Barraque -- Friedrich Gerstäcker -- Davy Crockett -- 2. Antebellum Politicians -- Robert Crittenden -- Gov. George Izard -- Chester Ashley -- Augustus H. Garland -- Robert Ward Johnson -- 3. Postbellum Politicians -- Gov. Powell Clayton -- Sen. Stephen W. Dorsey -- William H. Grey -- Isaac T. Gillam -- Gov. James H. Berry -- 4. Twentieth-Century Politicians -- Gov. John S. Little -- Sen. Joseph T. Robinson -- Gov. Charles H. Brough -- Sen. Thaddeus Caraway -- Sen. Hattie Caraway -- Rep. Claude A. Fuller -- Rep. Clyde T. Ellis -- Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller -- Lt. Gov. Maurice "Footsie" Britt -- 5. The Law -- Nelson Hacket -- John R. Eakin -- Mifflin W. Gibbs -- Judge Isaac C. Parker -- Scipio A. Jones -- 6. Entrepreneurs -- Nathan Warren -- Scott Bond -- Green Thompson -- Conrad Elsken -- Ben Pearson -- 7. Artists and Writers -- Edward Payson Washbourne -- John Hallum -- Alice French -- Dionicio Rodriguez -- Brewer Family -- Vance Randolph -- Miss Lily Peter -- 8. Education, Science, and Medicine -- Dr. Charles McDermott -- J. C. Corbin -- Ida Joe Brooks -- Anna P. Strong -- Dr. William Baerg -- Keller and Marian Breland -- Samuel Lee Kountz -- Harold Alexander -- 9. Entertainers and Performers -- Scott Joplin -- Norm McLeod -- Broncho Billy Anderson -- Lum and Abner -- Louis Jordan -- Emma Dusenbury -- Hazel Walker -- 10. Religious Leaders -- Rev. Cephas Washburn -- Bishop Edward Fitzgerald -- Rev. Hay Watson Smith -- Rabbi Ira E. Sanders -- 11. Seers, Spiritualists, and Skeptics -- Caroline Dye -- Lessie Stringfellow -- Bernie Babcock -- Harold M. Sherman -- 12. Eccentrics, Frauds, and the Inexplicable.

William Hope "Coin" Harvey -- King Crowley -- Old Mike -- Dr. John R. Brinkley -- Ted Richmond.

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