Author: William R. Cox
Publisher: Fawcett
ISBN: 9780449133163
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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Author: William Robert Cox
Publisher: Ulverscroft
ISBN: 9780708969441
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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Author: William R. Cox
Publisher: Fawcett
ISBN: 9780449128107
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180

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Author: William Robert Cox
Publisher: Ulverscroft
ISBN: 9780708967584
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308

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He's Sam to his friends, Cemetery Jones to his unlucky enemies. Lucky for Jones he was born suspicious. And dead quick with a gun. Suntise is a frontier town, just beginning to stretch. Till outlaws vow to take out the whole damn place to revenge themselves on the new marshal, named Cemetery Jones.

Author: Neil Barron
Publisher: Gale Cengage
ISBN: 9780810375550
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 592

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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2132

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Author: Christopher R. Fee
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1610695682
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1265

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A fascinating survey of the entire history of tall tales, folklore, and mythology in the United States from earliest times to the present, including stories and myths from the modern era that have become an essential part of contemporary popular culture. Folklore has been a part of American culture for as long as humans have inhabited North America, and increasingly formed an intrinsic part of American culture as diverse peoples from Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania arrived. In modern times, folklore and tall tales experienced a rejuvenation with the emergence of urban legends and the growing popularity of science fiction and conspiracy theories, with mass media such as comic books, television, and films contributing to the retelling of old myths. This multi-volume encyclopedia will teach readers the central myths and legends that have formed American culture since its earliest years of settlement. Its entries provide a fascinating glimpse into the collective American imagination over the past 400 years through the stories that have shaped it. Organized alphabetically, the coverage includes Native American creation myths, "tall tales" like George Washington chopping down his father's cherry tree and the adventures of "King of the Wild Frontier" Davy Crockett, through to today's "urban myths." Each entry explains the myth or legend and its importance and provides detailed information about the people and events involved. Each entry also includes a short bibliography that will direct students or interested general readers toward other sources for further investigation. Special attention is paid to African American folklore, Asian American folklore, and the folklore of other traditions that are often overlooked or marginalized in other studies of the topic.

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Category : Paperbacks
Languages : en
Pages : 1624

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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2576

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Author: Geoff Sadler
Publisher: Chicago : St. James Press
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 888

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Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about nearly five hundred twentieth-century writers of Western fiction, each featuring a biography, a bibliography, a signed critical essay, and, in some cases, comments from the author. Includes a title index.