A new collection of Thomas Bangs Thorpe's sketches of the old Southwest

Author(s)

• Thorpe, Thomas Bangs
• Estes, David C.

Bibliographic Information

A new collection of Thomas Bangs Thorpe's sketches of the old Southwest

edited, with a critical introduction and textual commentary, by David C. Estes

（Library of Southern civilization）

Louisiana State University Press, c1989

Note

"Bibliography and publishing history": p. 27-60

Description and Table of Contents

Description

On nineteenth-century American humor and sports writing. Thorpe's writings bear a resemblence to the humor of Mark Twain. Estes does a service in resurrecting him. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA0714904X
• ISBN:
  • 080711457X
• LCCN: 88028642
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Baton Rouge
• Pages/Volumes: 392 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : F396
  • DC19 : 976
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Southwest, Old -- Description and travel
  • LCSH : Southwest, Old -- Social life and customs
  • LCSH : Frontier and pioneer life -- Southwest, Old
  • LCSH : Thorpe, Thomas Bangs, 1815-1878 -- Journeys -- Southwest, Old
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA03433405