missouri

A maid for a prominent family in Missouri chases down justice after her younger sister is one of 42 people killed at a mysterious explosion at a local dance hall in this new novel from the author of Winter's Bone.

Alma DeGreer Dunahew, a mother of three and maid for a prominent family in West Table, Missouri, struggles with the death of her scandalous sister in an explosion at a local dance hall in 1929.

A mischievous boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century impresses his friends and horrifies adults by associating with the son of the town drunk, running away from home, attending his own funeral, witnessing a murder, getting lost in a cave, and finding a lost treasure.

Tells the story of Wild Bill Hickok's shoot-out with his old adversary Davis Tutt in Springfield, Missouri, in 1865, over a question of honor. Includes reproductions of primary source documents.

Presents an account of the gruesome career of Bloody Bill Anderson, one of a band of Civil War guerillas who cut a path of death and destruction through Kansas and Missouri in retaliation for perceived Union injustices.

Huck Finn, the son of the town drunk, and Jim, an escaped slave, make a break for freedom down the Mississippi River on a raft.

Presents information about the state of Missouri, its nickname, motto, and emblems.

The author describes his early years, up until the age of ten, growing up on a Missouri farm and how he decided to be a writer.

The adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century.