A History of the Life of Amos Owens, the Noted Blockader, of Cherry Mountain (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from A History of the Life of Amos Owens, the Noted Blockader, of Cherry Mountain Again is brought to trial. Sketch of "Rev." Geo. Deck, of color, who alternately preaches and operates a wild cat distillery. Passing notice of "Cooney" Hunnicutt, a martyr of the whipping post. Except a predeliction to lie, cheat and steal; Honeycutt is an honest man. Col. Whangdoodle Tessiner, also a witness. His absent-mindedness, Amos comes clear, and again sells forty gallons. Rise of "Invisible Empire," or "Ku Klux Klan." Troubles of "Reconstruction." Negroes and their leaders cause a clash. "The Union Leagues." The grotesque disguises and the terror of the superstitious negroes. Amos is a leader. Dectruction of James Justice´s printing plant and whipping of Aaron Biggerstaff. Martial law prevails, and Amos Owens and others arrested. Devotion of our hero. Randolph Shotwell, Adolphus DePriest, Plato Durham and others. The above named are sentenced to a term of six years at Sing Sing, Albany, New York, and all placed in durance vile, except Plato Durham. While awaiting trial, Amos sells whiskey at Rutlierfordton and Marion, N. C. Plato Durham gets Amos pardoned at end of two years, and fine of $5,500 remitted. Is a free man once more, but finds that the red-legged grass-hopper has again devoured his substance. Goes gunning; and lands in jail. Meets "Aunt Polly Price," a Rutherford youngster of 99 who has kept his bureau - rescuing the same from the festive grasshopper. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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