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Otto Wood the Bandit
Author | : Trevor McKenzie |
Publsiher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2021-08-17 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781469664729 |
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Legions of bluegrass fans know the name Otto Wood (1893–1930) from a ballad made popular by Doc Watson, telling the story of Wood's crimes and violent death. However, few know the history of this Appalachian figure beyond the larger-than-life version heard in song. Trevor McKenzie reconstructs Wood's life, tracing how a Wilkes County juvenile delinquent became a celebrated folk hero. Throughout his short life, Wood was jailed for numerous offenses, stole countless automobiles, lost his left hand, and made eleven escapes from five state penitentiaries, including four from the North Carolina State Prison after a 1923 murder conviction. An early master of controlling his own narrative in the media, Wood appealed to the North Carolina public as a misunderstood, clever antihero. In 1930, after a final jailbreak, police killed Wood in a shootout. The ballad bearing his name first appeared less than a year later. Using reports of Wood's exploits from contemporary newspapers, his self-published autobiography, prison records, and other primary sources, Trevor McKenzie uses this colorful story to offer a new way to understand North Carolina—and arguably the South as a whole—during this era of American history.
Otto Wood the Bandit
Author | : Trevor McKenzie |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2021-09-14 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 1469665662 |
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Legions of bluegrass fans know the name Otto Wood (1893-1930) from a ballad made popular by Doc Watson, telling the story of Wood's crimes and violent death. However, few know the history of this Appalachian figure beyond the larger-than-life version heard in song. Trevor McKenzie reconstructs Wood's life, tracing how a Wilkes County juvenile delinquent became a celebrated folk hero. Throughout his short life, Wood was jailed for numerous offenses, stole countless automobiles, lost his left hand, and made eleven escapes from five state penitentiaries, including four from the North Carolina State Prison after a 1923 murder conviction. An early master of controlling his own narrative in the media, Wood appealed to the North Carolina public as a misunderstood, clever antihero. In 1930, after a final jailbreak, police killed Wood in a shootout. The ballad bearing his name first appeared less than a year later. Using reports of Wood's exploits from contemporary newspapers, his self-published autobiography, prison records, and other primary sources, Trevor McKenzie uses this colorful story to offer a new way to understand North Carolina--and arguably the South as a whole--during this era of American history.
The True Story of Tom Dooley
Author | : John Edward Fletcher |
Publsiher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 199 |
Release | : 2012-11-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781625844996 |
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The crime that shocked post-Civil War America and inspired the folk song that became The Kingston Trio’s hit, “Tom Dooley.” At the conclusion of the Civil War, Wilkes County, North Carolina, was the site of the nation’s first nationally publicized crime of passion. In the wake of a tumultuous love affair and a mysterious chain of events, Tom Dooley was tried, convicted and hanged for the murder of Laura Foster. This notorious crime became an inspiration for musicians, writers and storytellers ever since, creating a mystery of mythic proportions. Through newspaper articles, trial documents and public records, Dr. John E. Fletcher brings this dramatic case to life, providing the long-awaited factual account of the legendary murder. Join the investigation into one of the country’s most enduring thrillers. “Fletcher has spent a great deal of time researching almost all of the characters involved with the Foster homicide and has gone further than any researcher I know in establishing the relationships—blood, marriage and social—between the major actors in the tragedy.”—Statesville Record & Landmark
The Life History of Otto Wood
Author | : Otto Wood |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2014-12-12 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 1648585345 |
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Otto Wood (1894 - 1930) was a well known escape artist and con man from Wilkes County, North Carolina. He began his life of crime at a very young age, stealing a bicycle from a boy. But he was quickly caught and spent time in jail. From there he would get to know the law very well. In 1930 he died on the streets of Salisbury during a gunfight with the police.
African American Music Trails of Eastern North Carolina
Author | : Sarah Bryan,Beverly Bush Patterson,Michelle Lanier |
Publsiher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9781469610795 |
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African American Music Trails of Eastern North Carolina
Bluegrass Banjo for the Complete Ignoramus
Author | : Wayne Erbsen |
Publsiher | : Native Ground Books & Music |
Total Pages | : 95 |
Release | : 2014-05-26 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9781883206673 |
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Beginning banjo lessons have never been more fun! Written for the absolute beginner, this FUN book is guaranteed to help you learn to play bluegrass banjo (How many books come with a personal guarantee by the author?). · Teaches the plain, naked melody to 23 easy bluegrass favorites without the rolls already incorporated into the tune. · Wayne shows simple ways to embellish each melody using easy rolls. · With Wayne’s unique method, you’ll learn to think for yourself! · Learn how to play a song in different ways, rather than memorizing ONE way. · Includes a link to download 99 instructional audio tracks off our website! You WILL learn to play: Bile ‘Em Cabbage Down, Blue Ridge Mountain Blues, Columbus Stockade Blues, Down the Road, Groundhog, Little Maggie, Long Journey Home, Lynchburg Town, Man of Constant Sorrow, My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains, Nine Pound Hammer, Palms of Victory, Pass Me Not, Poor Ellen Smith, Pretty Polly, Put My Little Shoes Away, Red River Valley, Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms, Shall We Gather at the River, Wabash Cannonball, When I Lay My Burden Down, When the Saints Go Marching In.
Air Force Combat Units of World War II
Author | : Maurer Maurer |
Publsiher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : 9781428915855 |
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Blue Ridge Music Trails
Author | : Fred Fussell |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : IND:30000087938944 |
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The Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and Virginia are the heart of a region where traditional music and dance are celebrated. This is a traveler's guide to discovering the many places where this unique music-making legacy thrives. 160 illustrations. 10 maps.