Author: Edward Luke HuttonPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
The Yankee Peddler in Early America
Author: Edward Luke HuttonThe Yankee Peddlers of Early America
Author: J. R. DolanPublisher:
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Category : Peddlers
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Hawkers & Walkers in Early America
Author: Richardson Little WrightPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Peddlers
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Strolling peddlers, preachers, lawyers, doctors, players and others from the beginning to the Civil War.
The Yankee Peddlers of Early America
Author: J. R. DolanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Peddlers
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Hawkers and Walkers in Early America
Author: Richardson Little WrightPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Peddlers
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Hawkers & Walkers in Early America
Author: Richardson Little WrightPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Peddlers and peddling
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The Yankee Peddler
Author: Mary-Lou HinmanPublisher:
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Category : Peddlers and peddling
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
The Peddlers
Author: Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Describes the enterprise and commercial development that peddlers brought to the colonies before the establishment of general stores.
Inseparable: The Original Siamese Twins and Their Rendezvous with American History
Author: Yunte HuangPublisher: Liveright Publishing
ISBN: 163149385X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
“An astonishing story, by turns ghastly, hilarious, unnerving, and moving.”—Stephen Greenblatt, author of The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve In this “excellent” portrait of America’s famed nineteenth-century Siamese twins, celebrated biographer Yunte Huang discovers in the conjoined lives of Chang and Eng Bunker (1811–1874) a trenchant “comment on the times in which we live” (Wall Street Journal). “Uncovering ironies, paradoxes and examples of how Chang and Eng subverted what Leslie Fiedler called ‘the tyranny of the normal’ ” (BBC), Huang depicts the twins’ implausible route to assimilation after their “discovery” in Siam by a British merchant in 1824 and arrival in Boston as sideshow curiosities in 1829. Their climb from subhuman, freak-show celebrities to rich, southern gentry who profited from entertaining the Jacksonian mobs; their marriage to two white sisters, resulting in twenty-one children; and their owning of slaves, is here not just another sensational biography but an “extraordinary” (New York Times), Hawthorne-like excavation of America’s historical penchant for tyrannizing the other—a tradition that, as Huang reveals, becomes inseparable from American history itself.
Encyclopedia of American Folklore
Author: Linda WattsPublisher: Infobase Holdings, Inc
ISBN: 1646930002
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Folklore has been described as the unwritten literature of a culture: its songs, stories, sayings, games, rituals, beliefs, and ways of life. Encyclopedia of American Folklore helps readers explore topics, terms, themes, figures, and issues related to this popular subject. This comprehensive reference guide addresses the needs of multiple audiences, including high school, college, and public libraries, archive and museum collections, storytellers, and independent researchers. Its content and organization correspond to the ways educators integrate folklore within literacy and wider learning objectives for language arts and cultural studies at the secondary level. This well-rounded resource connects United States folk forms with their cultural origin, historical context, and social function. Appendixes include a bibliography, a category index, and a discussion of starting points for researching American folklore. References and bibliographic material throughout the text highlight recently published and commonly available materials for further study. Coverage includes: Folk heroes and legendary figures, including Paul Bunyan and Yankee Doodle Fables, fairy tales, and myths often featured in American folklore, including "Little Red Riding Hood" and "The Princess and the Pea" American authors who have added to or modified folklore traditions, including Washington Irving Historical events that gave rise to folklore, including the civil rights movement and the Revolutionary War Terms in folklore studies, such as fieldwork and the folklife movement Holidays and observances, such as Christmas and Kwanzaa Topics related to folklore in everyday life, such as sports folklore and courtship/dating folklore Folklore related to cultural groups, such as Appalachian folklore and African-American folklore and more.