Wicked Shreveport

by Palombo, Bernadette J.; Joiner, Gary D.; Hale, W. Chris; White, Cheryl H.

• ISBN13: 9781596298187
• ISBN10: 1596298189
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-04
• Publisher: History Pr

Summary

In the rough-and-tumble days of the nineteenth century, Shreveport was on the very edge of the country's western frontier. It was a city struggling to tame lawlessness, and its streets were rocked by duels, lynchings and shootouts. A new century and Prohibition only brought a fresh wave of crime and scandal. The port city became a haunt for die likes of notorious bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde and home to the influential socialite and madam Annie McCune. From Fred Lockhart, aka the "Butterfly Man," to serial killers Nathanial Code and Danny Rolling, Shreveport played reluctant host to an even deadlier cast of characters. Their tales and more make up the devilish history of the Deep South in Wicked Shreveport. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 7
Frontier Violence: Vengeance Is Mine	p. 9
Lynching: The Hard Hand of Swift Justice	p. 21
The Ku Klux Klan in Northwest Louisiana	p. 33
Blind Tigers and Bootlegging in Caddo Parish During Prohibition	p. 47
The Red-Light District in Shreveport	p. 59
The Butterfly Man: The Last Murderer Hanged in Shreveport, Louisiana	p. 71
Crime of the Great Depression: The Era of Bonnie and Clyde	p. 85
Serial Killers: Rolling and Code	p. 95
Notes	p. 105
Bibliography	p. 119
About the Authors	p. 127
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Excerpts

In the rough and tumble days of the nineteenth century Shreveport was on the very edge of the country's western frontier. It was a city struggling to tame lawlessness, and its streets were rocked by duels, lynchings, and shootouts. A new century and Prohibition only brought a fresh wave of crime and scandal. the port city became a haunt for the likes of notorious bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde and home to the influential socialite and madam, Annie McCune. From Fred Lockhart, aka "Butterfly Man", to serial killers Nathanial Code and Danny Rolling, Shreveport played reluctant host to an even deadlier cast of characters. Their tales and more make up the devilish history of the Deep South in Wicked Shreveport.