Author: Watterson, Henry, editor
Title: Oddities in Southern Life and Character; Edited by Henry Watterson; with Illustrations by W.L. Sheppard and F.S. Church.
Description: Boston, Houghton Mifflin & Co. 1883. Hardcover. xii, 485 p. 8 plates. 19 cm. Ex-library, Good condition, front flyleaf chipped and detached Contents: Georgia scenes [by A.B. Longstreet]--Simon Suggs [by J.J. Hooper]--Flush times [by J.G. Baldwin]--Major Jones’s courtship [by W.T. Thompson]--Major Jones’s travels [by W.T. Thompson]--Davy Crockett: A useful coon skin. En route for Texas. The game of thimblerig.--J. Proctor Knott: Duluth speech.--Bill Arp [by C.H. Smith]--Uncle Remus [by J.C. Harris]--Dukesborough tales [by R.M. Johnston]--Sut Lovingood [by G.W. Harris]--George W. Bagby: How "Ruby" played.--The newspaper wits: G.D. Prentice. J.E. Hatcher. Texas Siftings. Albert Roberts.--A trio of old oddities.

Keywords: South, the American Wit and Humor - Southern States Southern States - Social Life and Customs - Fiction


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