by Paul M. Angle
introduction by John Y Simon
University of Illinois Press, 1952
Paper: 978-0-252-06233-9
Library of Congress Classification HV6795.W54A54 1992
Dewey Decimal Classification 331.892833409774

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"In Williamson County some men took to violence almost as a way of life. A shocking story, well told."--New Yorker


Williamson County in southern Illinois has been the scene of almost unparalleled violence, from the Bloody Vendetta between two families in the 1870s through the Herrin Massacre of 1922, Ku Klux Klan activities that ended in fatalities, and the gang war of the 1920s between the Charlie Birger and Shelton brothers gangs. Paul Angle was fascinated by this more-than-fifty-year history, and his account of this violence has become a classic.


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