| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 298 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Emil and Kathleen Sick series in western history and biography |
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Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in western history and biography.
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| Contents |
Prologue. "A scene of wholesale butchery" : a document of rural ethnology -- Part I. "Aided by boys upon horseback, who carried lanterns" : boyhood in rural Oregon -- "The hope and life of the nation" : boys and families on the republican landscape -- "A child, sick with scarlet fever" : the traumas and violences of rural childhood -- "Spare the rod and spoil the child" : the bad-boy problem and the Montgomery parricide -- Part II. "One by one they are dropping like the autumn leaves" : agricultural decline, dying pioneers, and parricide -- "The pinching economies of life" : the agrarian crisis and the murder of parents -- "His people being pioneers" : parricide in an age of death and an era that celebrated killing -- Part III. "We're going to hang him right here, on this tree" : killing Loyd Montgomery -- "The scaffold is all framed and ready to be put in place" : executing a boy on an altar of global capitalism -- "At 14 1/2 minutes his heart ceased to beat" : a boy's life from 4:30 p.m., November 19, 1895, to 7:26 a.m. January 31, 1896 -- Epilogue. "The case of Loyd Montgomery does not end with his death" : burying a boy and digging up the past |
| Summary |
"In rural Oregon in 1895, an 18-year-old youth named Loyd Montgomery murdered his parents and a visiting neighbor and was then tried and executed for the crime. Placing these killings within the broader context of the agrarian crisis and the demise of the Oregon pioneer generation, Boag illuminates not only why the parricide happened but also the effects it had on the community and society wherein it occurred. More than a local history, this project examines larger issues of regional and U.S. history of the era: boyhood in the late 19th century, the economic and political woes of farmers in Oregon and the Northwest in the face of globalization and industrialization, and challenges to the cultural and social ideals of rural Oregon and the U.S. in general. Boag also critically examines the ways in which white community members integrated the murders into their local histories to construct narratives of peace, progress, and justice in order to preserve the idyllic myth of the Pacific Northwest at the turn of the century"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 24, 2022) |
| Subject |
Montgomery, Loyd, 1877-1896.
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Parricide -- Oregon -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies
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Boys -- Oregon -- History -- 19th century
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HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA)
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Boys
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Parricide
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Rural conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Oregon -- Rural conditions -- 19th century
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| Subject |
Oregon
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021032010 |
| ISBN |
9780295749990 |
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0295749997 |
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