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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Alemán |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
[2019]
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| Edición: | English-language edition. |
| Colección: | Transatlantic perspectives.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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 was the first novel produced by Friedrich Gerstäcker, who would go on to become one of Germany's most famous and prolific authors. A crucial piece of a nineteenth-century transatlantic literary tradition, this long-awaited translation and scholarly edition of the novel offers a startling revision of the frontier myth from a European perspective"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781789201383 1789201381 |