Wicked Joplin (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781540225283)

A strange sort of pride tends to embellish infamy, like the notion that Frank and Jesse James robbed every bank in Missouri. But the citizens of Joplin need not exaggerate their community's unsavory past. Founded in the 1870s as a booming lead-mining camp, Joplin was a wide-open town from the start, and its wild reputation persisted into the mid-twentieth century. A neighboring town's newspaper aptly described Joplin as a naughty place."? Join author Larry Wood on a colorful tour of the city's raucous past."

Author: Larry Wood
ISBN-10: 1540225283
ISBN-13: 9781540225283
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Language: English
Published: 01/03/2011
Pages: 114
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d