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CONTENTS Preface xi chapter one What Is in the Wind?  chapter two Red Torch over Our Land 29 chapter three Better to Hang Ninety-nine Innocent Men 54 chapter four Savage Deeds of Blood and Carnage 78 chapter five Great News from Texas 98 chapter six A Thousand Rumors 9 chapter seven Who Is William H. Bailey? 48 chapter eight The Mortal Enemy of the South 68 Epilogue Conclusions of a Mad People 97 Bibliography 25 Index 23 Illustrations follow page 8. x contents ...

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