Stagolee shot Billy /
"This story was never meant to by sandwiched between the covers of a book, as neat lines of prose. In 1895 a man called "Stag" Lee Shelton shot a man called Billy Lyons in a St. Louis bar. A black-on-black crime that scarcely made headlines. But this story, turned into a song, is one...
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Main Author: | Brown, Cecil, 1943- |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2003.
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Online Access: | CONNECT |
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