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Adventures of Captain Simon Suggs : late of the Tallapoosa Volunteers : together with "Taking the census" and other Alabama sketches /
Originally published in 1845, Adventures of Captain Simon Suggs is a series of sketches written in part to parody some the campaign literature of the era. The character, Simon Suggs, with his motto, "it is good to be shifty in a new country," fully incarnates a backwoods version of the nat...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa, Ala. :
University of Alabama Press,
©1993.
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| Colección: | Library of Alabama classics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Originally published in 1845, Adventures of Captain Simon Suggs is a series of sketches written in part to parody some the campaign literature of the era. The character, Simon Suggs, with his motto, "it is good to be shifty in a new country," fully incarnates a backwoods version of the national archetypes now know as the confidence man, the grafter, the professional flim-flam artist supremely skilled in the arts by which a man gets along in the world. This classic volume of good humor is set in the rough-and-tumble world of frontier life and politics. |
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| Notas: | "The Library of Alabama classics edition is a facsimile of the 1858 volume"--Title page verso |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (lxix, 201 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0585258937 9780585258935 |