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The rollicking tale of Old Southwestern humor were distinctive contributions to American folk culture provided by the frontier writers of the South and Southwest. This tradition reached its highest form in the work of Mark Twain. Among the precursors of Twain was John Gorman Barr of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Barr drew upon the people and places of his home region as the primary sources for his tales. In addition to the pure entertainment Barr's stories provide, they also furnish a comprehensive picture of Tuscaloosa and western Alabama in the 1850s--the roaring river town coexisting uneasily with the intellectual sophistication of the recently established University of Alabama.
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Here are tales of everyday life: the adventures of steamboat captains, courtroom scenes, stagecoach rides, and much more. Proud of his own Scotch-Irish ancestry, Barr frequently uses characters that are Irish, a group prominent in early Tuscaloosa.” Alabama Bookshelf
The John Gorman Barr stories tell us something worth knowing about life in antebellum Alabama. The frontier conditions during the early period of settlement, the mores of planters and plain folk, and the variety of ethnic strains, even in smaller interior towns like Tuscaloosa, come through very nicely in these tales. I enjoyed reading this.” Charles B. Dew, Williams College
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- PublisherUniv of Alabama Pr
- Publication date1981
- ISBN 10 0817300570
- ISBN 13 9780817300579
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages217
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