Ozark History
Blevins, Brooks. 2011. Arkansas/Arkansaw: how bear hunters, hillbillies, and good ol' boys
defined a state. Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas Press.
-2018. A History of the Ozarks, Volume 1: The Old Ozarks. Urbana, IL: University of
Illinois Press.
-2019. A History of the Ozarks, Volume 2: The Conflicted Ozarks. Urbana, IL: University of
Illinois Press.
Burnett, Amy. 2015. Gone to Grave: Burial Customs of the Arkansas Ozarks, 1850-1950. University Press of Mississippi.
Harper, Kimberly. 2012. White Man’s Heaven: the lynching and expulsion of blacks in the
southern Ozarks, 1894-1909. Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas Press.
Ozark Healing and Folklore
Andrus, Carly Ann. 1985. The Wizard of Oto: The mystery doctor who became the “Wizard
Healer”. Crane, MO: C.A. Andrus.
Bittersweet Magazine, available online.
Carter, Kay, and Bonnie J. Krause. 1974. Home remedies of the Illinois Ozarks. Ullin, IL:
Published by the Shawnee Hills Craft Program for Illinois Ozarks Craft Guild.
Massey, Ellen Gray. 1985. Bittersweet Earth. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press.
-1986. Bittersweet Country. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press.
Parler, Mary Celestia. 1950. Mary Celestia Parler folklore collection.
-1962. Folk Beliefs from Arkansas. Fayetteville, AR: Author.
Pompey, Sherman Lee. 1961. Granny Gore’s Ozark Folk Medicine. Warrensburg, MO:
Author.
Randolph, Vance. 1953. Who Blowed Up the Church House? And Other Ozark Folk Tales.
New York, NY: Columbia University Press.
-1955. The Devil’s Pretty Daughter: And Other Ozark Folk Tales. New York. NY: Columbia University Press.
-1957. The Talking Turtle: And Other Ozark Folk Tales. New York. NY: Columbia University Press.
-1958. Sticks in the Knapsack: And Other Ozark Folk Tales. New York. NY: Columbia University Press.
-2003. Ozark Magic and Folklore. New York, NY: Dover Publications.
Rayburn, Otto Ernest. 1916. Otto Ernest Rayburn papers.
-1954. “Bloodstoppers in the Ozarks.” Midwest Folklore. Vol. 4, No. 4: 213-15.
-1959. “The ‘Granny-Woman’ in the Ozarks.” Midwest Folklore. Vol. 9, No. 3: 145-48.
-1960. Ozark Country. New York, NY: Duell, Sloan & Pearce.
Steele, Phillip. 1983. Ozark Tales and Superstitions. Pelican Publishing.
Wilson, Charles Morrow. 1979. Backwoods America. St. Clair Shores, MI: Scholarly
Press.
Medicinal Plants and Plant Identification
Banks, William H., and Steve Kemp. 2004. Plants of the Cherokee: medicinal, edible, and
useful plants of the Eastern Cherokee Indians. Gatlinburg, TN: Great Smoky
Mountains Association.
Brown, Bo. 2020. Foraging the Ozarks. Falcon Guides.
Grieve, M. 1998. A Modern Herbal: the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic and economic properties,
cultivation and folklore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs and trees with all their modern
scientific uses. London, England: Tiger Books International.
Hemmerly, Thomas. 2002. Ozark Wildflowers. University of Georgia Press.
Blevins, Brooks. 2011. Arkansas/Arkansaw: how bear hunters, hillbillies, and good ol' boys
defined a state. Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas Press.
-2018. A History of the Ozarks, Volume 1: The Old Ozarks. Urbana, IL: University of
Illinois Press.
-2019. A History of the Ozarks, Volume 2: The Conflicted Ozarks. Urbana, IL: University of
Illinois Press.
Burnett, Amy. 2015. Gone to Grave: Burial Customs of the Arkansas Ozarks, 1850-1950. University Press of Mississippi.
Harper, Kimberly. 2012. White Man’s Heaven: the lynching and expulsion of blacks in the
southern Ozarks, 1894-1909. Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas Press.
Ozark Healing and Folklore
Andrus, Carly Ann. 1985. The Wizard of Oto: The mystery doctor who became the “Wizard
Healer”. Crane, MO: C.A. Andrus.
Bittersweet Magazine, available online.
Carter, Kay, and Bonnie J. Krause. 1974. Home remedies of the Illinois Ozarks. Ullin, IL:
Published by the Shawnee Hills Craft Program for Illinois Ozarks Craft Guild.
Massey, Ellen Gray. 1985. Bittersweet Earth. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press.
-1986. Bittersweet Country. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press.
Parler, Mary Celestia. 1950. Mary Celestia Parler folklore collection.
-1962. Folk Beliefs from Arkansas. Fayetteville, AR: Author.
Pompey, Sherman Lee. 1961. Granny Gore’s Ozark Folk Medicine. Warrensburg, MO:
Author.
Randolph, Vance. 1953. Who Blowed Up the Church House? And Other Ozark Folk Tales.
New York, NY: Columbia University Press.
-1955. The Devil’s Pretty Daughter: And Other Ozark Folk Tales. New York. NY: Columbia University Press.
-1957. The Talking Turtle: And Other Ozark Folk Tales. New York. NY: Columbia University Press.
-1958. Sticks in the Knapsack: And Other Ozark Folk Tales. New York. NY: Columbia University Press.
-2003. Ozark Magic and Folklore. New York, NY: Dover Publications.
Rayburn, Otto Ernest. 1916. Otto Ernest Rayburn papers.
-1954. “Bloodstoppers in the Ozarks.” Midwest Folklore. Vol. 4, No. 4: 213-15.
-1959. “The ‘Granny-Woman’ in the Ozarks.” Midwest Folklore. Vol. 9, No. 3: 145-48.
-1960. Ozark Country. New York, NY: Duell, Sloan & Pearce.
Steele, Phillip. 1983. Ozark Tales and Superstitions. Pelican Publishing.
Wilson, Charles Morrow. 1979. Backwoods America. St. Clair Shores, MI: Scholarly
Press.
Medicinal Plants and Plant Identification
Banks, William H., and Steve Kemp. 2004. Plants of the Cherokee: medicinal, edible, and
useful plants of the Eastern Cherokee Indians. Gatlinburg, TN: Great Smoky
Mountains Association.
Brown, Bo. 2020. Foraging the Ozarks. Falcon Guides.
Grieve, M. 1998. A Modern Herbal: the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic and economic properties,
cultivation and folklore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs and trees with all their modern
scientific uses. London, England: Tiger Books International.
Hemmerly, Thomas. 2002. Ozark Wildflowers. University of Georgia Press.