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Eric McHenry

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  • photograph of Ollie Jackson

    The Ballad of Ollie Jackson

    How the baddest man in the St. Louis underworld failed to become a folk hero.
    by Eric McHenry via North American Review on February 22, 2026
  • Illustration of Guitar, a Gun and Roses by Eric Hanson

    The Bully in the Ballad

    Was Mississippi John Hurt really the first person to sing the tragic tale of Louis Collins?
    by Eric McHenry via The American Scholar on December 15, 2022
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