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Killings Folk Justice in the Upper South

by [Montell, William Lynwood]

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" The "State Line Country" of this book is a rugged area of small farms on the Kentucky-Tennessee border. Historically the area has had a homicide rate more than ten times the national average. In this gripping and penetrating study of violence and death in the State Line Country, Lynwood Montell examines the local historical and social conditions, as well as the prevailing attitudes and values, that gave rise and support to rowdy behavior and homicidal acts from the Civil War to the 1930s. The

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  • University Press of Kentu Brand
  • Feb 3, 1994 Pub Date:
  • 9780813108247 ISBN-13:
  • 0813108241 ISBN-10:
  • 216.0 pages Paperback
  • English Language
  • 8.5 in * 0.53 in * 5.5 in Dimensions:
  • 1 lb Weight: