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Cullen Montgomery Baker
Reconstruction Desperado
by Barry A. Crouch ; Donaly E. Brice
ISBN: 0807121401
ISBN-13: 9780807121405
Format: Hardcover
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr
Published date: 1997
Size: 6.75 x 9.75 inches
Weight: 1.1 pounds
Pages: 190
Publisher's Notes
In this engrossing biography, Barry A. Crouch and Donaly E. Brice sift through local folklore, legend, and fact to provide an accurate account of this southern desperado, whose exploits, if more widely publicized, "would (make) Jesse James and all the gunmen of pioneer days pale into insignificance", according to one promoter of the Baker legend. A disillusioned former Confederate soldier, Baker gained fleeting national notoriety promoting a defeated dream in the occupied South. Sharing many white southerners' resentment toward the North, he took to murdering individuals who cooperated with reconstruction efforts. His actions encouraged the rise of outlaw bands and indirectly assisted in the formation of the Ku Klux Klan. Influenced and led by men like Baker, the outlaw gangs brutalized Union agents and the freedmen. Locals concealed and otherwise aided gangs, making it difficult for police forces, politicians, and news agencies to gather reliable information on the "New Rebellion",as it was termed by the New York Tribune in 1869. Numerous problems, from the powerlessness of the civil authorities to the insufficient numbers of the military, continued to weaken the Reconstruction government. Baker and his ilk had, in effect, incited a second civil war. Cullen Montgomery Baker, Reconstruction Desperado is essential to understanding how deeply class and race divided the South during the Reconstruction era.
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Cullen Montgomery Baker, Reconstruction Desperado
Crouch, Barry A.; Brice, Donaly E
Louisiana State University Press. Used - Like New. Louisiana State University Press. Baton Rouge, LA, 1997. Cloth. 8vo. Book is Fine. D-j is Fine. ( more information) Offered by Powell's Bookstores Chicago (United States)
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Cullen Montgomery Baker, Reconstruction Desperado
Crouch, Barry A.; Brice, Donaly E
Baton Rouge, LA, U.S.A.: Louisiana State University Press, 1997 This is a Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket. DJ has slight dent at upper right front corner.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Booksmart (United States)
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Cullen Montgomery Baker, Reconstruction Desperado
Crouch, Barry A.; Brice, Donaly E
Baton Rouge, LA, U.S.A.: Louisiana State University Press, 1997 The story of a bandit in the South during Reconstruction.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Arizona Book Gallery (United States)
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Cullen Montgomery Baker: Reconstruction Desperado
Crouch, Barry A.; Brice, Donaly E
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Univ Pr. 1997. F First Edition. H Hard Cover. Fine. xvi, 190 pp, acknowledgments, abbreviations used in notes, introduction, 4 chapters, with footnotes, conclusion, essay on sources, index with b&w illustrations following page 97. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with clean dust jacket and no highlighting or marginalia in text. Black cloth. ~Click on BOOKSTORES to browse our extensive listings of similar titles in U.S. Civil War~ ( more information) Offered by West Side Book Shop, ABAA (United States)
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Cullen Montgomery Baker: Reconstruction Desperado
Crouch, Barry A, and Brice, Donaly E
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Univ. Press. Hardcover. 1997. 1st Edition. 8vo . Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Illustrations Cullen Baker (1835?-1869) was an outlaw most active in the tri-state area of Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas . ( more information) Offered by Chris Hartmann, Bookseller (United States)
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Cullen Montgomery Baker, Reconstruction Desperado
Crouch, Barry A.; Brice, Donaly E
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1997. Clean and crisp - unused copy - BRAND NEW!!. Illustrated.. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Scholar and Poet Books (United States)
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Cullen Montgomery Baker: Reconstruction Desperado
Barry A. Crouch and Donaly E. Brice
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA: Loiusian State University Press, 1997 SIGNED; FIRST EDITION. Life of Cullen M. Baker the Swamp Fox of the Sulfur (River). Romanticized as a six-gun artist and defender of Old South traditions he was a violent misfit of the Reconstruction period who found acceptance as an enforcer of white supremacy. Murdering unarmed blacks and Freedmen's Bureau agents in the Texas-Arkansas-Louisiana triangle until until his own neighbors rose against him. Offers a portrait of social life and conflict among whites in the post-war South. Black cloth cover with metallic red lettering on spine. NF-/NF with minor dampstaining on 3 pages. Dust jacket near fine with age toning of edges. Maps. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine Minus/Near Fine. Illus. by . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. . ( more information) Offered by Spirit Tomes and Treasures (United States)
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Barry A. Crouch ; Donaly E. Brice
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