Cover -- Where Misfits Fit -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. The Ozarks -- Chapter 2. Exploring Regional Identity in Arkansas The Salience of the Term "Ozark" -- Chapter 3. Li'l Abner the Trickster Mythical Identity in the Ozarks -- Chapter 4. Eureka Springs, Where Misfits Fit -- Chapter 5. Close Encounters of the Ozark Kind -- Chapter 6. The Cults of Searcy County, Arkansas -- Chapter 7. The Group -- Chapter 8. When Electric Music Came to the Ozarks -- Chapter 9. The Hot Mulch Band and the Missouri Back-to-the-Land Experience -- Chapter 10. Back-to-Landers in the Arkansas Ozarks -- Chapter 11. Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the Author
Summary
How the hardscrabble borderland frontier of the Ozarks nurtured zones of creativity, community, and cults
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 21, 2021)