by Lynn Morrow How often did twenty-something young women travel for a few hundred miles in carriages or wagons across southern Missouri and northern Arkansas during the Civil War? Probably more than we have imagined. Carrie Lenox and Eleanor King traveled out of Phelps County into northern and central Arkansas twice during 1864. Driven by the boldness of Carrie Lenox, her … [Read more...] about Secesh Women, Lenox Brothers, and the Elders’ Demise
by Carla Kirchner The United States and the world at large were first introduced to the Ozarks in literature through Harold Bell Wright's wildly popular novel, The Shepherd of the Hills. Though often too simplistic, didactic, and sentimental for modern readers, Wright's 1907 work was highly admired by readers at the time of publication and popularized the Ozarks Mountains … [Read more...] about A “whole ‘nother side of life”: Setting as Character in Daniel Woodrell’s Ozarks Novels
By Victoria Howerton The following interview with Dr. Brooks Blevins was conducted July 19, 2018, on his family farm in Violet Hill, Arkansas. Dr. Blevins is the Noel Boyd Professor of Ozarks Studies at Missouri State University and is the author or editor of eight books, including Hill Folks: A History of Arkansas Ozarkers and Their Image; Arkansas/Arkansaw: How Bear … [Read more...] about An Interview with Brooks Blevins
Hillbilly Hellraisers: Federal Power and Populist Defiance in the Ozarks by J. Blake Perkins. (University of Illinois Press, 2017, Pp. 277) Reviewed by Jason McCollom J. Blake Perkins, in his eye-opening Hillbilly Hellraisers: Federal Power and Populist Defiance in the Ozarks (part of The Working Class in American History series), provides an original interpretation on … [Read more...] about Book Review: Hillbilly Hellraisers: Federal Power and Populist Defiance in the Ozarks