Joplin author writes book about "Bloody" Bill Anderson "America's Civil War sometimes brought out the best in people, but more often, the worst," says Joplin author Larry Wood. "It laid bare their old hatreds, gave rise to new ones, and bred inhuman violence. Nowhere was this truer than in the border state of Missouri where arose a vicious brand of partisan warfare that was fueled by revenge and marked by atrocity; and the Civil War offers no starker example of its dehumanizing influence than in the story of Missouri's leading purveyor of bloodshed, Confederate guerrilla William T. Anderson." Wood's biography of Anderson, entitled I Am a Guerrilla: The Civil War Story of Bloody Bill Anderson, was recently released by Eakin Press of Austin, Texas. The book is available through bookstores, directly from the publisher at www.eakingpress.com, or directly from the author by calling 417-624-3009. Wood is a retired public school teacher and a member of Western Writers of America. His historical articles have appeared in America's Civil War, Blue and Gray Magazine, Gateway Heritage, Kansas Heritage, The Ozarks Mountaineer, True West, and Wild West. The January 2003 issue of the Missouri Historical Review contains an article by Wood on Bloody Bill's brother, Jim Anderson. Wood is also the author of The Civil War on the Lower Kansas-Missouri Border. http://12.14.205.58/clientservices/DisplayNews.asp?showfilename=44851&pubcode=LWR Desoto Joe/The Record Man