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Voodoo Priests, Noble Savages, and Ozark Gypsies: The Life of Folklorist Mary Alicia Owen (MISSOURI BIOGRAPHY SERIES)
Greg Olson
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Description for Voodoo Priests, Noble Savages, and Ozark Gypsies: The Life of Folklorist Mary Alicia Owen (MISSOURI BIOGRAPHY SERIES)
Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 399.
Folklorist Wayland Hand once called Mary Alicia Owen 'the most famous American Woman Folklorist of her time.' Drawing on primary sources, such as maps, census records, court documents, personal letters and periodicals, and the scholarship of others who have analyzed various components of Owen's multifaceted career, historian Greg Olson offers the most complete account of her life and work to date. He also offers a critical look at some of the short stories Owen penned, sometimes under the name Julia Scott, and discusses how the experience she gained as a fiction writer helped lead her to a successful career in ... Read more
Folklorist Wayland Hand once called Mary Alicia Owen 'the most famous American Woman Folklorist of her time.' Drawing on primary sources, such as maps, census records, court documents, personal letters and periodicals, and the scholarship of others who have analyzed various components of Owen's multifaceted career, historian Greg Olson offers the most complete account of her life and work to date. He also offers a critical look at some of the short stories Owen penned, sometimes under the name Julia Scott, and discusses how the experience she gained as a fiction writer helped lead her to a successful career in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Missouri, United States
ISBN
9780826219961
SKU
V9780826219961
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About Greg Olson
Greg Olson is Curator of Exhibits and Special Project at the Missouri State Archives. He is the author of The Ioway in Missouri (University of Missouri Press) and lives in Columbia, Missouri.
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