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 Cultural Notes and Links Although
this page is usable and useful (we hope), it is still under construction. Please feel free to use it, but be patient.
If you wish to learn more about the setting of the Richard Carter series, take advantage of this brief selection of websites devoted to the history, geography, and culture of the Ozarks. Unlike some of the places in the novels ("geography of the imagination"), these places do exist and are accurately described.
Ozarks Watch: Henry Schoolcraft's Journey Phillip
Douglas Howerton Author
of The Literature
of the Ozarks; An Anthology was at the Poplar Bluff Public Library March 1 and 2, 2019 It
was a joy to listen to his presentation. It
made me remember why I enjoyed college so much. I also had the
privilege of meeting and conversing with Professor C. D. Albin Founder and Editor of Elder Mountain; A Journal of Ozarks Studies Author of literary
fiction and poetry [Click The
Literature of the Ozarks below to go to the Anthology Amazon page.] [Click on Axe, Fire, Mule to go to C. D.
Albin's website.] [Click
Elder Mountain icon below to go to the Journal of Ozarks Studies website.]    The Trail of Tears Natchotoches Trace (Southwest Trail) Ozark Scenic Riverways Facebook Page The following link will take you to pages of images
from the Mark Twain Forest. Clicking
the images will show you more. Mark Twain Forest Images and More The economic history of the region is varied and interesting, from with hunting and trapping, to hardscrabble farms carved out of the forests and bottom land, to the development of lead and iron mining to the lumber boom of the late 19th century, on to manufacturing. The real life mystery of the Irish Wilderness
Pappy Price The Burnt Districts
Jim Lane and the Red Legs
The Literature of The Ozarks;
An Anthology
by
Phillip Douglas
Howerton Click
on the link above to go to the author's Amazon page.  |
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