Blacklegs, Card Sharps, and Confidence Men : Nineteenth-Century Mississippi River Gambling Stories /

In Blacklegs, Card Sharps, and Confidence Men, Thomas Ruys Smith collects nineteenth-century stories, sketches, and book excerpts by a gallery of authors to create a comprehensive collection of writings about the riverboat gambler. The voices of canonized writers such as William Dean Howells, Herman...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Smith, Thomas Ruys
Otros Autores: Smith, Thomas Ruys, 1979-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
River life.
Manners and customs.
Gambling on river boats.
Gamblers.
American literature.
Litterature americaine > Mississippi.
Litterature americaine > 19e siecle.
Vie fluviale > Mississippi (Fleuve) > Histoire > 19e siecle > Anthologies.
Jeux de hasard sur les bateaux > Mississippi (Fleuve) > Histoire > 19e siecle > Anthologies.
Joueurs (Jeux de hasard) > Mississippi (Fleuve) > Anthologies.
American literature > Mississippi.
American literature > 19th century.
River life > Mississippi River > History > 19th century > Literary collections.
Gambling on river boats > Mississippi River > History > 19th century > Literary collections.
Gamblers > Mississippi River > Literary collections.
Mississippi River Valley.
Mississippi River.
Mississippi.
Mississippi, Vallee du > Moeurs et coutumes > 19e siecle > Anthologies.
Mississippi River Valley > Social life and customs > 19th century > Literary collections.
Literary collections.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:In Blacklegs, Card Sharps, and Confidence Men, Thomas Ruys Smith collects nineteenth-century stories, sketches, and book excerpts by a gallery of authors to create a comprehensive collection of writings about the riverboat gambler. The voices of canonized writers such as William Dean Howells, Herman Melville, and, inevitably, Mark Twain hold prominent positions. But they mingle seamlessly with lesser-known pieces such as an excerpt from Edward Willett's sensationalistic dime novel Flush Fred's Full Hand, raucous sketches by anonymous Old Southwestern humorists from The Spirit of the Times, and.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (288 pages).
ISBN:9780807137369

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