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Rowdy Tales from Early Alabama |
Object Name |
BOOK |
ID Number |
2012.02 |
Summary |
Rowdy Tales from Early Alabama - The rollicking tales of Old Southwestern humor were distinctive contributions to American folk culture provided by the frontier writers of the South and Southwest. This tradition reached its highest form in the work of Mark Twain. Among the precursors of Twain was John Gorman Barr of tuscaloosa, Alabama. Like Twain, Barr grew up in a river town, worked in a printing office, and traveled widely; again like Twain, Barr drew upon the people and places of his home region as the primary sources for his tales. |
Accession number |
LI-17-0182 |
Title |
Rowdy Tales from Early Alabama |
Author |
John Gorman Barr |
Subjects |
1. Salted Him, or An Autioneer Doing All the Bidding 2. Old Charley and the President's Veto 3. Old Charley and His Impromptu Ride 4. A Hand-Around Supper in Alabama 5. A Steamboat Captain's Love Adventure 6. How Tom Croghan Carved the Turkey 7. Apiritualism Explained 8. Piscatory Reflections and Reminiscences 9. New York Drummer's Ride to Greensboro' 10. Jemmy Owen's Fifty Dollar Note; or, "Moind Whay Ye Say" 11. John Bealle's Accident-or, How the Widow Dudu Treated Insanity 12. Relief for Ireland! or, John Brown's Bad Luck With His Pickled Beef A Lively Village; or, Brisk Speculation in a New Commodity 14. Misplaced Confidence; or, Bilking a Boniface! |
Published Date |
1981 |
Physical Description |
Good Condition |