Episode 97: Men of No Reputation - Kimberly Harper (On the Bookshelf, Part 7)

Season 5 (2022-2023)

Episode Description

This episode features a conversation with Kimberly Harper about her new book, "Men of No Reputation: Robert Boatright, the Buckfoot Gang, and the Fleecing of Middle America."

Episode Image: Main Street in Joplin, Missouri, ca. 1902-1906 [Kay Kirkman and Roger Stinnett Photograph Collection (P0178), SHSMO]

Banner Image: House of Lords, Main Street in Joplin, Missouri, ca. 1900 [Kay Kirkman and Roger Stinnett Photograph Collection (P0178), SHSMO]

About the Guest

Kimberly Harper holds a master's degree from the University of Arkansas. Presently, she is the editor for the Missouri Historical Review. She is the author of "White Man's Heaven: The Lynching and Expulsion of Blacks in the Southern Ozarks, 1894-1909" and "Men of No Reputation: Robert Boatright, the Buckfoot Gang, and the Fleecing of Middle America."