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Rowdy Tales From Early Alabama : The Humor of John Gorman Barr
author
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Barr, John Gorman.; Hubbs, G. Ward
publisher
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University of Alabama Press
isbn10 | asin
:
0817304770
print isbn13
:
9780817304775
ebook isbn13
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9780585273006
language
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English
subject
Tuscaloosa (Ala.)--Fiction, Alabama--Social life and customs--Fiction, American wit and humor, Alabama--Humor.
publication date
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1981
lcc
:
PS1074.B124R6 1981eb
ddc
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813/.3
subject
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Tuscaloosa (Ala.)--Fiction, Alabama--Social life and customs--Fiction, American wit and humor, Alabama--Humor.
Page i
Rowdy Tales from Early Alabama
Page ii
John Gorman Barr in his Mexican War uniform, with sabre, c. 1848. (Courtesy of Alabama State Department of Archives and History)
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Rowdy Tales from Early Alabama
The Humor of John Gorman Barr
Collected and Annotated by G. Ward Hubbs
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First Paperback Printing 1989
Second Paperback Printing 1995
Copyright 1981 by
The University of Alabama Press
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Barr, John Gorman, 18231858. Rowdy tales from early Alabama. CONTENTS: Salted him; or, An auctioneer doing all the bidding.Old Charley and the President's veto. Old Charley and his impromptu ride.[etc.] 1. Tuscaloosa, Ala.Social life and customs Fiction. 2. American wit and humorAlabama. I. Hubbs, G. Ward, 1952- II. Title. PZ3.B2716Ro 1981 [PS1074.B124] 813'.3 8019299 ISBN 0-8173-0477-0
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For Pat
Page vii
Contents
List of Illustrations
ix
Preface
xi
Introduction
1
1. Salted Him, or An Auctioneer Doing All the Bidding
12
2. Old Charley and the President's Veto
19
3. Old Charley and His Impromptu Ride
31
4. A Hand-Around Supper in Alabama
44
5. A Steamboat Captain's Love Adventure
50
6. How Tom Croghan Carved the Turkey
61
7. Spiritualism Explained
69
8. Piscatory Reflections and Reminiscences
78
9. New York Drummer's Ride to Greensboro'
93
10. Jemmy Owen's Fifty Dollar Note; or, "Moind Whay Ye Say"
109
11. John Bealle's Accidentor, How the Widow Dudu Treated Insanity
125
12. Relief for Ireland! or, John Brown's Bad Luck With His Pickled Beef
143
13. A Lively Village; or, Brisk Speculation in a New Commodity
162
14. Misplaced Confidence; or, Bilking a Boniface!
180
Page viii
Appendix
200
"More Silence!"
by Johnson Jones Hooper
200
"Jemmy Owen on the Senatorial Election"
by Johnson Jones Hooper
202
Notes
206
Page ix
Illustrations
John Gorman Barr
frontispiece
University of Alabama before the Civil War (engraving)
4
University of Alabama before the Civil War (photograph)
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