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Bloody Williamson: A Chapter in American Lawlessness

Bloody Williamson: A Chapter in American Lawlessness

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Series: Prairie State Books

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ISBN10: 0252062337
ISBN13: 9780252062339
Publisher: Univ Of Illinois Pr
Published: Dec 1 1992
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.93
Height: 1.02 Width: 5.37 Depth: 8.22
Language: English

In Williamson County some men took to violence almost as a way of life. A shocking story, well told.--New Yorker

Williamson County in southern Illinois has been the scene of almost unparalleled violence, from the Bloody Vendetta between two families in the 1870s through the Herrin Massacre of 1922, Ku Klux Klan activities that ended in fatalities, and the gang war of the 1920s between the Charlie Birger and Shelton brothers gangs. Paul Angle was fascinated by this more-than-fifty-year history, and his account of this violence has become a classic.

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