Bloody Williamson: A Chapter in American Lawlessness
by Paul M. Angle
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Author: Paul M. AngleIntroduction: John Y. Simon
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1992-12-01
ISBN: 0252062337
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
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Book Review: Wonderfully interesting
Summary: 5 Stars
In the late nineteenth century and early twentieth, Williamson County, Illinois became a byword for lawlessness. The county first came to nationwide attention in the 1870s, when a bloody feud, comparable to the worst that the mountains of Kentucky and Tennessee had to offer, wracked the area. Then in the 1920s, the town was beset by union and Ku Klux Klan violence to a shocking degree. Indeed, the rest of the country, and even the rest of the world was appalled at the violence, and the townspeople who condoned it.
This is a wonderfully interesting book. The author does an excellent job of bringing bloody Williamson to life, and showing it in all its lack of glory. This tale of union murderers and KKK hoodlums (often the same people) is sure to shock you, and make you very glad that you didn't live then and there!
I highly recommend this book!
Summary of Bloody Williamson: A Chapter in American Lawlessness
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 violence has become a classic.Labor & Industrial Relations Books
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