Stagolee shot Billy / [Text]
by Brown, Cecil.
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BookPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press 2003Description: viii, 296 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0674010566.Subject(s): Stagolee (Legendary character) | African American music -- History and criticism | Ballads -- History and criticism | Folklore -- United States | Criminals -- Folklore | African American men in literature | Folklore -- Saint Louis (Mo.) | African Americans -- FolkloreSummary: Chronicles the events behind the 1895 shooting in which a man called "Stag" Lee Shelton shot a man called Billy Lyons in a St. Louis bar.
| Item type | Location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Book | NF 398.2 B (Browse shelf) | Item withdrawn | H023785555 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-285) and index.
Library Journal, March 2003
New York Times, April 2003
Multicultural Review, December 2003
Chronicles the events behind the 1895 shooting in which a man called "Stag" Lee Shelton shot a man called Billy Lyons in a St. Louis bar.
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