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Cavorting on the Devil's Fork: The Pete Whetstone Letters of C. F. M. Noland (Arkansas Classics)
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Paperback. The rural folk humor of the "Devil's Fork" letters that a young Charles Fenton Mercer Noland (1810-1858) of central Arkansas began writing in 1837 was something the country wanted. His pieces were published regularly in New York's "Spirit of the Times", and he achieved a reputation as one of the southwest's best humorists. Editor(s): Williams, Leonard. Num Pages: 292 pages, 3 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 463.
By the 1840s, American literature tradition had become fascinated with the frontier. The rural folk humor of the ""Devil's Fork"" letters that a young Charles Fenton Mercer Noland (1810-1858) of central Arkansas began writing in 1837 was something the country wanted. His pieces were published regularly in New York's ""Spirit of the Times"", and he quickly achieved a reputation as one of the southwest's best humorists. His tall tales told in dialect reflected the peculiar characteristics of the people of a backwoods region. Noland's semiautobiographical ""Letters"" were built around the experiences of Pete Whetstone, who, along with his neighbors, devoted ... Read more
By the 1840s, American literature tradition had become fascinated with the frontier. The rural folk humor of the ""Devil's Fork"" letters that a young Charles Fenton Mercer Noland (1810-1858) of central Arkansas began writing in 1837 was something the country wanted. His pieces were published regularly in New York's ""Spirit of the Times"", and he quickly achieved a reputation as one of the southwest's best humorists. His tall tales told in dialect reflected the peculiar characteristics of the people of a backwoods region. Noland's semiautobiographical ""Letters"" were built around the experiences of Pete Whetstone, who, along with his neighbors, devoted ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
Fayetteville, United States
ISBN
9781557288349
SKU
V9781557288349
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About
Leonard Williams published Cavorting on the Devil’s Fork with Memphis State University Press in 1979. Williams taught at the University of North Alabama in Florence. He was killed in an automobile accident in 1988, and was one year younger than Noland was when he died. George E. Lankford is an emeritus professor of folklore at Lyon College in Noland’s ... Read more
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