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The Arkansas regulators / by Friedrich Gerstacker ; translated and edited by Charles Adams and Christoph Irmscher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gerstäcker, Friedrich, 1816-1872, author.
- Series:
- Transatlantic perspectives (New York, N.Y.) ; Volume 5.
- Transatlantic perspectives ; Volume 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pioneers--Arkansas--Fiction.
- Pioneers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (429 pages).
- Edition:
- English-language edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Berghahn, 2019.
- Summary:
- "The Arkansas Regulators is a rousing tale of frontier adventure, first published in German in 1846, but virtually lost to English readers for well over a century. Written in the tradition of James Fenimore Cooper, but offering a much darker and more violent image of the American frontier, this was the first novel produced by Friedrich Gerstäcker, who would go on to become one of Germany's most famous and prolific authors. A crucial piece of a nineteenth-century transatlantic literary tradition, this long-awaited translation and scholarly edition of the novel offers a startling revision of the frontier myth from a European perspective"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The reader makes the acquaintance of four worthy fellows and learns more about their circumstances
- Several new persons make their appearance on the scene of action. Wonderful hunting adventure of "the little man."
- The Indian and the Methodist. - An invitation to a wedding
- The regulators. - Squabble and struggle
- Brown and Marion
- Bear baiting. - The strange discovery. - The Indian's ingenuity
- Two genuine backwoodsmen. - Bahrens' and Harper's stories
- Morning in the log cabin. - Searching for the traces of blood found the previous evening. - Assowaum dives for the corpse
- The gang of four negotiates a business matter. - Rowson's righteous indignation at the murder, and Marion's weakness
- The sheriff's election in Pettyville. - A lack of Rosin. The pursuers are on the trail
- Assowaum, the "feathered arrow," and his squaw. - Weston and Cotton await impatiently their comrades
- The horse thieves' trick. - The surprise. - Alapaha and Rowson
- The preacher unmasked by the Indian woman. - The successful escape
- Brown on his way home. - The mysterious meeting. - The Indian. - The old farmer. - A canoe trip
- The prayer meeting. - The terrible message
- The deathwatch
- The burial of the Indian woman
- Roberts' adventure on the panther hunt. - The water party
- Harper's dwelling. - Cook's account of the pursuit of the horse thieves. - Harper's and Bahrens' wonderful tales
- Rowson at Roberts' - Assowaum
- Wilson's confessions - The beautiful washerwoman - An Arkansas cradle - The retreat
- Atkins' dwelling - The strange visit - The password
- A gang of criminals - Unexpected guests - The new scheme
- The pioneer family - The new regulator sets a trap for himself
- Harper and Marion - Ellen's arrival at Roberts'
- The regulators' meeting - Jones finds himself in a most unpleasant position - Cunning versus cunning
- The return from the meeting
- The Indian on Johnson's trail
- Rowson at Roberts' - The turkey hunt - Ellen and Marion
- The ambush
- The company of ladies - Account of various children's illnesses, related for the consolation of the mother - The surprise
- The cross oak
- The criminal unmasked
- The siege
- R use and counter-ruse - The assault - Indian and Methodist
- The court of the regulators
- Roberts' house
- The revenge of the "feathered arrow."
- Coda.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78920-138-1
- OCLC:
- 1080435862
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