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White Man’s Heaven Reviewed by Amy Louise Wood in the American Historical Review
The following review of White Man’s Heaven appeared in the June 2011 issue of the American Historical Review published by the University of Chicago Press. This review appears in its entirety with the express permission of the American Historical Review … Continue reading
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Tagged 1894-1909, American Historical Review, Amy Louise Wood, Easter Offering, Fred Coker, French Godley, Harrison race riots, Hayden, Horace Duncan, Joplin, Joplin lynching, lynchings in Southern Ozarks, lynchings in Southwest Missouri, lynchings in the Ozarks, Monett, Monett Lynching, Ozarks, Ozarks lynching, Pete Hampton, Pierce City, Pierce City lynchings, race riot, racial cleansing, racial expulsion, riot, Southern Ozarks, Southwest Missouri, Southwest Missouri lynchings, Springfield, Springfield lynchings, Thomas Gilyard, University of Arkansas, University of Arkansas Press, University of Chicago Press, vigilantes, violence in the Ozarks, White Man's Heaven: The Lynching and Expulsion of Blacks in the Southern Ozarks, Will Allen, Will Godley
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WMH Featured On University of Arkansas History Website
The University of Arkansas’ History Department website recently heralded the publication of White Man’s Heaven. Here is the text of the announcement: “Kimberly Harper (MA 2007) began her work on racial violence and ethnic cleansing in the Ozarks in a … Continue reading
Posted in Book information, Book Praise
Tagged Arkansas Ozarks, history of the Ozarks, Kimberly Harper, lynching in the Ozarks, Missouri Ozarks, Ozark history, Ozarks, race relations, race riots, racial violence, Southern Ozarks, University of Arkansas, University of Arkansas History Department, violence, White Man's Heaven
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White Man’s Heaven
A new book this fall will offer the first comprehensive examination of five interconnected episodes of racial violence in the Ozarks. Here are the details: “Drawing on court records, newspaper accounts, penitentiary records, letters, and diaries, “White Man’s Heaven” is … Continue reading
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Tagged Arkansas, book, Kimberly Harper, lynching, Missouri, Ozarks, racial violence, Southern Ozarks, Southwest Missouri, White Man's Heaven
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