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Rowdy tales from early Alabama : the humor of John Gorman Barr / collected and annotated by G. Ward Hubbs.
LIBRA PS1074.B124 R6 1981
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barr, John Gorman, 1823-1858.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American wit and humor.
- Tuscaloosa (Ala.)--Social life and customs--Fiction.
- Tuscaloosa (Ala.).
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 217 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, [1981]
- 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 bad luck with his pickled beef.
- A lively village; or, Brisk speculation in a new commodity.
- Misplaced confidence; or, Bilking A Boniface!
- Notes.
- ISBN:
- 0817300570
- OCLC:
- 6554920
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