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The jungles of Arkansas : a personal history of the Wonder State / Bob Lancaster.
LIBRA F411.5 .L36 1989
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lancaster, Bob.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arkansas--History.
- Arkansas.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 231 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 1989.
- Summary:
- When H. L. Mencken wrote about "the miasmatic jungles of Arkansas" he was referring to the relative obscurity and uncertain image that Arkansas has enjoyed--or suffered from--throughout its history. In these entertaining and sometimes quirky essays Lancaster sheds light on that image by analyzing the stereotypes that have characterized the state since its very beginning. ." . . revelations of the state's unique wonders that only a born writer with a practiced eye can bring to life on the printed page." -Dee Brown
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-231).
- "Most of these pieces first appeared in fetal form in the Arkansas times"--Introd.
- ISBN:
- 1557281084
- 1557281092
- OCLC:
- 19321691
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