Humor of the Old Southwest

Humor of the Old Southwest. Hennig Cohen, Editor. Published by University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, 1975. 2nd Edition. Paperback. No DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine. 427 Pgs. ISBN 0820303585. LCCN 74-13512. Edited with an introduction by Hennig Cohen and William B Dillingham. One of the most amusing and entertaining areas in American literature is the bold, masculine, wildly exaggerated, and highly imaginative humor of the Old Southwest, produced between 1820 and 1860 on the southern frontier. The authors have tapped the wealth of this period to produce an anthology that over the last decade has become a standard text for the student of American literature and a source of delight for the general reader. Description text copyright 2007 www.BooksForComfort.net. Item ID 14010.