Voodoo priests, noble savages, and Ozark Gypsies : the life of folklorist Mary Alicia Owen / Greg Olson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olson, Greg, 1959-

Contributor:

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Series:

Missouri biography series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Owen, Mary Alicia, 1850-1935.

Owen, Mary Alicia.

Folklorists--Missouri--Biography.

Folklorists.

Women folklorists--Missouri--Biography.

Women folklorists.

Women--Missouri--Saint Joseph--Biography.

Women.

Women authors, American--Missouri--Biography.

Women authors, American.

Women intellectuals--Missouri--Saint Joseph--Biography.

Women intellectuals.

Missouri--Biography.

Missouri.

Missouri--Saint Joseph.

Saint Joseph (Mo.)--Biography.

Saint Joseph (Mo.).

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

x, 171 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Life of folklorist Mary Alicia Owen

Mary Alicia Owen

Place of Publication:

Columbia [Mo.] : University of Missouri Press, [2012]

Contents:

1. Queen City of the West, 1850-1860

2. "Our unhappy country," 1860-1870

3. Literary life, 1870-1890

4. "White Voodoo," 1889-1891

5. "A folklorist born, not made," 1891-1895

6. Noble savages and Ozark Gypsies, 1894-1900

7. Vanishing Indians, 1900-1904

8. "Road to Paradise," 1905-1935

Epilogue: "Ever towards the setting sun they push us".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-166) and index.

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy has laid in p. 283-284 of Book notes with review of this work.

Schimmel Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

ISBN:

9780826219961

0826219969

OCLC:

792881680