Native American Humor (1800-1900)American book Company, 1937 - 573 Seiten |
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... Sam , Slick , an itinerant Yankee peddler whose deeds were celebrated , beginning in 1836 , in books which together ran through two hun- dred editions published in Canada , the United States , and Eng- land . Though the books about Sam ...
... Sam , Slick , an itinerant Yankee peddler whose deeds were celebrated , beginning in 1836 , in books which together ran through two hun- dred editions published in Canada , the United States , and Eng- land . Though the books about Sam ...
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... Sam's success . The New York Mirror commended Sam as " a shrewd and sagacious observer , " and the Knickerbocker critic said : The clock - maker [ Sam Slick ] has lost none of his shrewdness , his acute observation , nor his sparkling ...
... Sam's success . The New York Mirror commended Sam as " a shrewd and sagacious observer , " and the Knickerbocker critic said : The clock - maker [ Sam Slick ] has lost none of his shrewdness , his acute observation , nor his sparkling ...
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... Sam Slick was great chiefly because readers enjoyed the aphoristic wis- dom of Sam , which Haliburton emphasized by italicization ; the individualized portrait of the peddler ; the thumbnail characteriza- tions which dotted many pages ...
... Sam Slick was great chiefly because readers enjoyed the aphoristic wis- dom of Sam , which Haliburton emphasized by italicization ; the individualized portrait of the peddler ; the thumbnail characteriza- tions which dotted many pages ...
Inhalt
The Requisites for American Humor | 3 |
Beginnings 17751830 | 19 |
Down East Humor 18301867 | 41 |
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