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Rowdy Tales From Early Alabama : The title: Humor of John Gorman Barr author: Barr, John Gorman.; Hubbs, G. Ward publisher: University of Alabama Press isbn10 | asin: 0817304770 print isbn13: 9780817304775 ebook isbn13: 9780585273006 language: English Tuscaloosa (Ala.)--Fiction, Alabama--Social subject life and customs--Fiction, American wit and humor, Alabama--Humor. publication date: 1981 lcc: PS1074.B124R6 1981eb ddc: 813/.3 Tuscaloosa (Ala.)--Fiction, Alabama--Social subject: 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) Page iii Rowdy Tales from Early Alabama The Humor of John Gorman Barr Collected and Annotated by G. Ward Hubbs Page iv 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 Page v 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 109 Ye Say" 11. John Bealle's Accidentor, How the Widow Dudu 125 Treated Insanity 12. Relief for Ireland! or, John Brown's Bad Luck With 143 His Pickled Beef 13. A Lively Village; or, Brisk Speculation in a New 162 Commodity 14. Misplaced Confidence; or, Bilking a Boniface! 180 Page viii Appendix 200 "More Silence!" 200 by Johnson Jones Hooper "Jemmy Owen on the Senatorial Election" 202 by Johnson Jones Hooper Notes 206
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