Otto Wood The Bandit

Author : Trevor McKenzie
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469664720
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Otto Wood, the Bandit written by Trevor McKenzie and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Fred C. Fussell
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 146964147X
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Blue Ridge Music Trails of North Carolina written by Fred C. Fussell and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina are the heart of a region where traditional music and dance are performed and celebrated as nowhere else in America. This guide puts readers on the trail to discover many sites where the unique musical legacy thrives, covering bluegrass and stringband music, clogging, and other traditional forms of music and dance. The book includes stories of the legendary music of the Blue Ridge Mountains, maps, and contact information for the featured sites, as well as color illustrations and profiles of prominent musicians and music traditions. Chapters are organized county by county, and sidebars include interviews with and profiles of performers, information about various performance styles, and a brief history of Blue Ridge music. The updated second edition adds three new music venues, along with updated information on the almost sixty music sites in Western North Carolina profiled in the previous edition. Also included are new full-color photos, two new artist profiles, and a CD of twenty-six classic songs from the mountains and the foothills.

Author : John Edward Fletcher
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625844999
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The True Story of Tom Dooley written by John Edward Fletcher and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Author : Otto DeFay
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312383121
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Man Book written by Otto DeFay and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-05-13 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Man Book" is an essential life-skills handbook--a manual for everything a modern man needs to know, such as Things Never to Say During Sex, Hottest Animated Women, Fly Fishing, and much more.

Author : Otto Wood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781648585340
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Life History of Otto Wood written by Otto Wood and published by . This book was released on 2014-12-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Frances H. Casstevens
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 143967695X
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Death in North Carolina's Piedmont written by Frances H. Casstevens and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006-10-30 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Wayne Erbsen
Publisher : Native Ground Books & Music
ISBN 13 : 1883206677
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Bluegrass Banjo for the Complete Ignoramus! written by Wayne Erbsen and published by Native Ground Books & Music. This book was released on 2014-05-26 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Sarah Bryan
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469610795
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book African American Music Trails of Eastern North Carolina written by Sarah Bryan and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes CD with "music from artists in Edgecombe, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Nash, Pitt, Wayne and Wilson Counties."

Author : Norm Cohen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317333918
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Traditional Anglo-American Folk Music written by Norm Cohen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filling a gap in the sound recordings of traditional Anglo-American folk music this volume covers both vocal and instrumental material from the 1920s to the 1990s. The listings have also been limited to performers native to the tradition rather than "revival" performers. The album selection is grouped into field recordings and commercial (pre-1942) recordings, with subdivisions into individual recordings or anthologies. The discography not only reflects its author’s in-depth knowledge of Anglo-American folk music’s historical development but charts a valuable step forward in the evaluation, as well as select lissting, of available sound recordings.

Author : Fred Fussell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Blue Ridge Music Trails written by Fred Fussell and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.