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Turnbo's Tales of the Ozarks
Return to Home pageArkansas Research is pleased to present a series of books containing stories by Ozark folk historian, Silas Claborn Turnbo, edited by Desmond Walls Allen. Following is information about Turnbo and the nine books in the series. Click on the links to view the index for each book. The original arrangement of the stories has been retained and a minimum of editing has been done. Silas Claborn Turnbo Turnbo wrote a series of marvelous tales about the people, places and events of the early history of the Ozark region in northern Arkansas and southern Missouri. His stories form a Poorman's Goodspeed History as there is an amazing amount of genealogical data in them as well as entertainment. Turnbo was born near Forsyth, Missouri, in 1844, and spent his childhood in Marion County, Arkansas. He served in the War Between the States in the Twenty-seventh Arkansas Confederate Infantry. Around the turn of the century and into the early 1900s, he wrote hundreds of tales about his childhood experiences, war-related incidents, and interviews with old settlers and war veterans. He visited graveyards and historical sites and corresponded with folks who related their memories of old times to him. He published two volumes of his stories and some of his material was printed in area newspapers. All nine books are now available on one CD! (Or order printed volumes below.) Turnbo's Tales of the Ozarks: All Nine Volumes on one CD
Turnbo's Tales of the Ozarks: Biographical Stories ISBN 0-941765-45-8, 180 pages, $20.00,  View the index
This volume contains 134 stories. Some sample story titles are: Where
Buck Jones Met Death; How Evening Shade, Arkansas, Derived its Name; Brief
Sketch of the Early History of the Graveyard in the Southwest Corner of Ozark
County, Missouri; Before Lead Hill was a Town; Five Children who were Saved from
the Mountain Meadow Massacre; Where a Few Pioneers Lay Buried, Eloped with His
Wife's Brother's Wife.
Turnbo's Tales of the Ozarks: War and Guerrilla Stories ISBN 0-941765-46-6, 165 pages $18.00, View the index
This volume contains 124 stories. Sample titles include: The Last Hours
of Mike Yocum; Oh Boys! Shoot Me Again; A Cowardly Murder; Joyful Meeting of
Father and Son; Yellville in the Dark Days of the Civil War; How the Man
Willoughby Hall was Scalped; A Brave Woman Saves the Life of Her Husband; Saving
Her House Through Tears and Prayer; Death of Billy Howard.
Turnbo describes some of his wartime experiences both in service and at home and adds genealogical details about his subjects. A short notation about one veteran gives not only the relevant incident but mentions his father's and mother's names (including her maiden name), his date and place of birth, information about the family's travels and the burial places of his parents. After the war Turnbo interviewed veterans and pioneers and wrote accounts of their adventures. In many cases, women and children told of murders and robberies committed by both sides in the war. Turnbo's Tales of the Ozarks: Schools, Indians, Hard Times and More Stories ISBN 0-941765-47-4, 138 pages, $18.00, View the index
This volume contains 84 more wonderfully detailed stories on a variety
of subjects, with marvelous genealogical detail. It especially concerns early
settlers of the Ozark region. Tales are about thieves, murders, meteors, narrow
escapes and more. School stories often list recollected classmates. Stories
about Indians describe the interaction between whites and Indians in interesting
accounts by eyewitnesses. Sample titles include: Found Hung in the Woods;
Something About Schools in the Early Days; Working for the Education of Their
Children; Hardships and Starvation in the Turbulent Days of War; Away Back in
the Early Days of Madison County, Arkansas; The Drowning of Sam Nard and Miss
Hanna Friend in the Early Days of Marion County, Arkansas.
Turnbo's Tales of the Ozarks: Incidents, Mean Tricks and Fictitious Stories ISBN 0-941765-49-0, 99 pages, $15.00, View the index
This volume contains 78 wonderfully detailed stories about the early
people, places and events of the Ozark region. Sample titles include: The Strange
Preacher and the Remarkable Influence he had on Sinners; A Story of Hidden Gold
and Silver in the Vicinity of Bee Creek; A Foul Murder; Early History of the
Graveyard at the Mouth of Bratton's Spring Creek; The King and Everett War at
Yellville; Old Ned Run Away with the Dead Hog; Twelve Pair of Twins; A Novel Way
to Hide Money; Dodging Bullets; Finding Human Skeletons in a Cave - and many
more!
Turnbo's Tales of the Ozarks: Bear Stories ISBN 0-941765-33-4, 148 pages, $18.00, View the index
This is a marvelous collection of stories about bear hunting
adventures, and they are packed with genealogical detail. For example, Turnbo
mentions a story about Pew C. Anderson and names all five of his wives and some
of his fathers-in-law. And the stories are just too good to be missed. Some
sample titles are: Face to Face with Bruin; How Two Women Killed a Bear;
Following a Bear with a Hog in its Hug; They Fastened on the Wrong Bear.Turnbo's Tales of the Ozarks: Deer Hunting Stories ISBN 0-941765-40-7, 101 pages, $15.00,
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This volume contains some interesting stories about deer hunting by the
early pioneers of the Ozarks of Arkansas and Missouri. Some sample titles from
the 85 stories are: Finding a Mad Stone, A Hunter Watches Three Deer Kill a Big
Rattler, A Hunter's Wife Saved Him from a Wounded Buck, Freaks Among Deer,
Dangerous Encounters with Wounded Bucks, Hung by the Horns, and more. Turnbo's
forthright, plain style gives a lot of information about pioneer life. Hunters
as well as family historians will enjoy these stories. Turnbo's Tales of the Ozarks: Wolf Stories ISBN 0-941765-42-3, 141 pages, $18.00,
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Sample story titles: Mrs. Tersey Fellows and the Wolves; Narrow Escape
from a Savage Pack of Wolves; A Hungry Wolf Attempts to Snatch a Pig from a
Settler's Arms; Battle Between Wolves and a Negro Man; Wiped Out of Existence by
Wolves; Wolves Contest a Setter's Claim; and more - 77 stories in all. Turnbo's Tales of the Ozarks: Panther Stories ISBN 0-941765-43-1, 142 pages, $18.00,
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Sample story titles: A Panther Threatens a Mail Carrier; A Panther
Attempts to Snatch an Infant from its Mother's Arms; A Panther Gets Among Bone's
Sheep; Destroyed by a Wild Beast; The First Panther Killed in Marion County;
Killing a Panther in the Saltpeter Cave Bluff; A Scene of Terror One Night on
Buffalo; A Fight With a Wildcat; A Terrific Encounter Between a Bear and a
Panther; and more - 93 stories in all. Turnbo's Tales of the Ozarks: Snakes, Birds and Insect Stories ISBN 0-941765-44-X, 96 pages, $15.00,
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Sample story titles: Death from the Bite of a Diamond Rattlesnake; How
a Black Snake Broke Turkey Eggs; Watching a Rattlesnake Charm a Rabbit;
Capturing a Big Gobbler; Remarkable Escape of a Pig from the Talons of an Eagle;
Blood Poison from a Copper head Snake; and more - 63 stories in all. Contact us: Arkansas Research, Inc., PO Box 303, Conway, AR 72033 |
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