Statesmen, Scoundrels, and Eccentrics: A Gallery of Amazing Arkansans

From Native Americans, explorers, and early settlers to entertainers, business people, politicians, lawyers, artists, and many others, the well-known and not-so-well-known Arkansans featured in Statesmen, Scoundrels, and Eccentrics have fascinating stories. To name a few, there s the Hanging Judge, Isaac C. Parker of Fort Smith, and Hattie Caraway, the first elected female U.S. senator. Isaac T. Gillam, a slave who became a prominent politician in postCivil War Little Rock, is included, as is Norman McLeod, an eccentric Hot Springs photographer and owner of the city s first large tourist trap. These entertaining short biographies from Dillard s Remembering Arkansas column will be enjoyed by all kinds of readers, young and old alike. All the original columns reprinted here have also been enhanced with Dillard s own recommended reading lists. Statesmen will serve as an introduction or reintroduction to the state s wonderfully complex heritage, full of rhythm and discord, peopled by generations of hardworking men and women who have contributed much to the region and nation."

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Published: 04/01/2010
ISBN: 9781557289278
Pages: 264
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.12w x 0.70d

Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2010 pg. 73