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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808305003321

Titolo

The sagebrush anthology [[electronic resource] ] : literature from the silver age of the Old West / / edited by Lawrence I. Berkove

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, 2006

ISBN

0-8262-6513-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (408 pages)

Collana

Mark Twain and his circle series

Altri autori (Persone)

BerkoveLawrence I

Disciplina

810.8/09793

Soggetti

American literature - West (U.S.)

West (U.S.) Literary collections

West (U.S.) Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-387) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- The Sagebrush Anthology -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Sagebrush Literature An Introduction -- Humor and Hoaxes Humor and Hoaxes -- Short Fiction -- Memoirs -- Nonfiction -- Letters -- Poetry -- Bibliography -- Index of Authors -- Index of Titles -- About the Editor.

Sommario/riassunto

"Sixty-eight selections representing writers who spent their creative years in Nevada from the 1860s to the early twentieth century and have become known as the Sagebrush School. Features Mark Twain, Dan De Quille, Sam Davis, Joe Goodman, and Rollin Daggett, and lesser-known writers Arthur McEwen, Fred Hart, and others"--Provided by publisher.