Rowdy Tales from Early Alabama : The Humor of John Gorman Barr /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Barr, John Gorman, 1823-1858 (Author), Hubbs, G. Ward, 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, 1981.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Manners and customs.
American wit and humor.
Humour americain.
Alabama > Tuscaloosa.
Alabama.
Alabama > Humour.
Alabama > Moeurs et coutumes > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Alabama > Humor.
Alabama > Social life and customs > Fiction.
Tuscaloosa (Ala.) > Fiction.
Humor.
Fiction.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Salted him; or, An auctioneer doing all the bidding
  • Old Charley and the President's veto
  • Old Charley and his impromptu ride
  • A hand-around supper in Alabama
  • A steamboat captain's love adventure
  • How Tom Croghan carved the turkey
  • Spiritualism explained
  • Piscatory reflections and reminiscences
  • New York drummer's ride to Greensboro
  • Jemmy Owen's fifty dollar note; or, 'Moind whay ye say'
  • John Bealle's accident; or, "How the Widow Dudu treated insanity"
  • Relief for Ireland! or, John Brown's b.

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