Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Natives, Explorers, and Early Settlers
Hernando de Soto
Saracen
Jean Laffite
William E. Woodruff
Matthew Lyon
Hiram A. Whittington
Jacob Wolf
Antoine Barraque
Friedrich Gerstäcker
Davy Crockett
2. Antebellum Politicians
Robert Crittenden
Gov. George Izard
Chester Ashley
Augustus H. Garland
Robert Ward Johnson
3. Postbellum Politicians
Gov. Powell Clayton
Sen. Stephen W. Dorsey
William H. Grey
Isaac T. Gillam
Gov. James H. Berry
4. Twentieth-Century Politicians
Gov. John S. Little
Sen. Joseph T. Robinson
Gov. Charles H. Brough
Sen. Thaddeus Caraway
Sen. Hattie Caraway
Rep. Claude A. Fuller
Rep. Clyde T. Ellis
Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller
Lt. Gov. Maurice “Footsie” Britt
5. The Law
Nelson Hacket
John R. Eakin
Mifflin W. Gibbs
Judge Isaac C. Parker
Scipio A. Jones
6. Entrepreneurs
Nathan Warren
Scott Bond
Green Thompson
Conrad Elsken
Ben Pearson
7. Artists and Writers
Edward Payson Washbourne
John Hallum
Alice French
Dionicio Rodriguez
Brewer Family
Vance Randolph
Miss Lily Peter
8. Education, Science, and Medicine
Dr. Charles McDermott
J. C. Corbin
Ida Joe Brooks
Anna P. Strong
Dr. William Baerg
Keller and Marian Breland
Samuel Lee Kountz
Harold Alexander
9. Entertainers and Performers
Scott Joplin
Norm McLeod
Broncho Billy Anderson
Lum and Abner
Louis Jordan
Emma Dusenbury
Hazel Walker
10. Religious Leaders
Rev. Cephas Washburn
Bishop Edward Fitzgerald
Rev. Hay Watson Smith
Rabbi Ira E. Sanders
11. Seers, Spiritualists, and Skeptics
Caroline Dye
Lessie Stringfellow
Bernie Babcock
Harold M. Sherman
12. Eccentrics, Frauds, and the Inexplicable
William Hope “Coin” Harvey
King Crowley
Old Mike
Dr. John R. Brinkley
Ted Richmond