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A man squanders his family fortune until he is penniless, loses every time he runs for public office, and yet is so admired by the people of Arkansas that the General Assembly names a county in his honor. A renowned writer makes her home in the basement of a museum until she is sued by some of the most prominent women of the state regarding the use of the rooms upstairs. A brilliant inventor who nearly built the first airplane is also vilified for his eccentricity and possible madness. Author Steven Teske rummages through Arkansas’s colorful past to find--and "unvarnish"--some of the state’s most controversial and fascinating figures. The nine people featured in this collection are not the most celebrated products of Arkansas. More than half of them were not even born in Arkansas, although all of them lived in Arkansas and contributed to its history and culture. But each of them has achieved a certain stature in local folklore, if not in the story of the state as a whole.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright Page
  2. pp. 1-6
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. 7-8
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  1. Foreword
  2. pp. 9-12
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  1. Acknowledgments
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  1. I. Sandy Faulkner: A Successful Failure
  2. pp. 15-30
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  1. II. Charlie McDermott: He Almost Invented the Airplane
  2. pp. 31-46
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  1. III. Solon Borland: He Fought for His Honor and for His Nation
  2. pp. 47-66
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  1. IV. J. N. Smithee: He Didn't Just Write the News; Some Days He Was the News
  2. pp. 67-82
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  1. V. Sid Wallace: Outlaw, Avenger, or Scapegoat?
  2. pp. 83-100
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  1. VI. Scipio Africanus Jones: Black Attorney in a White Man's World
  2. pp. 101-116
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  1. VII. Bernie Babcock: She Slept in the Basement
  2. pp. 117-134
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  1. VIII. John Brown Watson: "He Knew What He Thought," and He Built a College
  2. pp. 135-154
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  1. IX. Connie Franklin: After He Was Murdered, He Came to the Trial
  2. pp. 155-170
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  1. Afterword and Bibliography
  2. pp. 171-174
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 175-182
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  1. About the Author
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