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MISTER YOU GOT YOURSELF A HORSE, ROGER WELSCH, TRADE PAPERBACK, 1987,
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
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- ISBN
- 9780803297173
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-10
0803297173
ISBN-13
9780803297173
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1007578
Product Key Features
Book Title
Mister, You Got Yourself a Horse : Tales of Old-Time Horse Trading
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Folklore & Mythology, General
Publication Year
1987
Genre
Fiction, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
10.5 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
7.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
81-000436
Reviews
"The thirty or so tales give a clear picture of the folklife of farmers and country people, as well as horsetraders, on the Great Plains during the end of the last century and the early years of this. . .they are told in a direct and economical style."-George Ewart Evans, Folklore, "These tales are gems of humor and wry understatement, displaying American folk-humor at its best. The jargon of horse-trading and early twentieth-century horse lore is fascinating. . .this book will be equally at home on the shelves of a university library or in an applecrate bookshelf nailed to the wall of a ranch bunkhouse. "- Western American Literature, "These tales are gems of humor and wry understatement, displaying American folk-humor at its best. The jargon of horse-trading and early twentieth-century horse lore is fascinating. . .this book will be equally at home on the shelves of a university library or in an applecrate bookshelf nailed to the wall of a ranch bunkhouse. "-Western American Literature, "Anyone with a love for horses, the judging of horseflesh, and an appreciation for the history of man''s long association with the horse will like this book."-William E. Koch, Journal of the West, "The thirty or so tales give a clear picture of the folklife of farmers and country people, as well as horsetraders, on the Great Plains during the end of the last century and the early years of this. . .they are told in a direct and economical style."-George Ewart Evans,Folklore, "Anyone with a love for horses, the judging of horseflesh, and an appreciation for the history of man's long association with the horse will like this book."-William E. Koch, Journal of the West
Dewey Edition
19
Dewey Decimal
398.2/4529725
Synopsis
Plains folklorist Roger L. Welsch has edited a lively collection of stories by some master yarnspinners-those old-time traveling horse traders. Told to Federal Writers' Project fieldworkers in the 1930s, these stories cover the span of horse trading: human and equine trickery, orneriness, debility-and generosity. Roger L. Welsch has written numerous books. He delivers a "Postcard from Nebraska" on CBS Sunday Morning., Plains folklorist Roger L. Welsch has edited a lively collection of stories by some master yarnspinners--those old-time traveling horse traders. Told to Federal Writers' Project fieldworkers in the 1930s, these stories cover the span of horse trading: human and equine trickery, orneriness, debility--and generosity., Plains folklorist Roger L. Welsch has edited this lively collection of stories by some master yarnspinners - those old-time travelling horse traders. Told to Federal Writers' Project fieldworkers in the 1930s, these stories cover the span of horse trading: human and equine trickery, orneriness, debility - and generosity.
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