The Arkansas regulators /

"The Arkansas Regulators is a rousing tale of frontier adventure, first published in German in 1846, but virtually lost to English readers for well over a century. Written in the tradition of James Fenimore Cooper, but offering a much darker and more violent image of the American frontier, this...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gerstäcker, Friedrich, 1816-1872 (Autor)
Otros Autores: Adams, Charles Hansford, 1954- (Traductor, Editor ), Irmscher, Christoph (Traductor, Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, [2019]
Edición:English-language edition.
Colección:Transatlantic perspectives.
Temas:
Pioneers > Arkansas > Fiction.
Pionniers > Arkansas > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
FICTION / General.
FICTION / Westerns
Pioneers.
Arkansas.
19th Century.
American Frontier.
Friedrich Gerstäcker.
German Novels.
Westerns.
Fiction.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • The reader makes the acquaintance of four worthy fellows and learns more about their circumstances
  • Several new persons make their appearance on the scene of action. Wonderful hunting adventure of "the little man."
  • The Indian and the Methodist.
  • An invitation to a wedding
  • The regulators.
  • Squabble and struggle
  • Brown and Marion
  • Bear baiting.
  • The strange discovery.
  • The Indian's ingenuity
  • Two genuine backwoodsmen.
  • Bahrens' and Harper's stories
  • Morning in the log cabin.
  • Searching for the traces of blood found the previous evening.
  • Assowaum dives for the corpse
  • The gang of four negotiates a business matter.
  • Rowson's righteous indignation at the murder, and Marion's weakness
  • The sheriff's election in Pettyville.
  • A lack of Rosin. The pursuers are on the trail
  • Assowaum, the "feathered arrow," and his squaw.
  • Weston and Cotton await impatiently their comrades
  • The horse thieves' trick.
  • The surprise.
  • Alapaha and Rowson
  • The preacher unmasked by the Indian woman.
  • The successful escape
  • Brown on his way home.
  • The mysterious meeting.
  • The Indian.
  • The old farmer.
  • A canoe trip
  • The prayer meeting.
  • The terrible message
  • The deathwatch
  • The burial of the Indian woman
  • Roberts' adventure on the panther hunt.
  • The water party
  • Harper's dwelling.
  • Cook's account of the pursuit of the horse thieves.
  • Harper's and Bahrens' wonderful tales
  • Rowson at Roberts'
  • Assowaum
  • Wilson's confessions
  • The beautiful washerwoman
  • An Arkansas cradle
  • The retreat
  • Atkins' dwelling
  • The strange visit
  • The password
  • A gang of criminals
  • Unexpected guests
  • The new scheme
  • The pioneer family
  • The new regulator sets a trap for himself
  • Harper and Marion
  • Ellen's arrival at Roberts'
  • The regulators' meeting
  • Jones finds himself in a most unpleasant position
  • Cunning versus cunning
  • The return from the meeting
  • The Indian on Johnson's trail
  • Rowson at Roberts'
  • The turkey hunt
  • Ellen and Marion
  • The ambush
  • The company of ladies
  • Account of various children's illnesses, related for the consolation of the mother
  • The surprise
  • The cross oak
  • The criminal unmasked
  • The siege
  • R use and counter-ruse
  • The assault
  • Indian and Methodist
  • The court of the regulators
  • Roberts' house
  • The revenge of the "feathered arrow."
  • Coda.

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