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Lying on the eastern slope : James Townsend's comic journalism on the mining frontier
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- Creator
- Richard A. Dwyer and Richard E. Lingenfelter
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Miami : University Presses of Florida : Florida International University Press, [1984]
- ©1984
- Physical Details
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- viii, 167 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780813007809, 0813007801
- OCLC
- ocm10349429
- Includes index.
- Maps on lining papers.
- Bibliography: pages 157-162.
Subjects
- Townsend, James, 1838-1900 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- American wit and humor -- 19th century.
- American wit and humor -- History and criticism -- 19th century.
- Frontier and pioneer life in literature.
- Journalism -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
- Mines and mineral resources in literature.
- Tall tales.
- West (U.S.) in literature.