Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Pierce City: “We Were Once Slaves”
2. Pierce City: “White Man’s Heaven”
3. Pierce City: The Lark and Godley Trials
4. Joplin: “Have Mercy on My Soul”
5. Joplin: “Hurrah for Hickory Bill”
6. Springfield: “The Devil Was Just as Good a Friend to God”
7. Springfield: “A Slumbering Volcano”
8. Springfield: “The Easter Offering”
9. Springfield: “They Certainly Had Not the Bearing of Deacons”
10. Springfield: “Murder in the Air”
11. Harrison: “Their Voices Filled the Air”
12. Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index