Research Catalog

Title

Voodoo priests, noble savages, and Ozark Gypsies [electronic resource] : the life of folklorist Mary Alicia Owen / Greg Olson.

Author

Olson, Greg, 1959-

Publication

Columbia [Mo.] ; London : University of Missouri Press, c2012.

Details

Description

1 online resource (x, 171 p.) : ill., ports.

Series Statement

Missouri biography series

Uniform Title

• Voodoo priests, noble savages, and Ozark Gypsies (Online)
• Missouri biography series.

Alternative Title

• Voodoo priests, noble savages, and Ozark Gypsies (Online)
• Life of folklorist Mary Alicia Owen
• Mary Alicia Owen

Subject

• Owen, Mary Alicia, 1850-1935
• Folklorists > Missouri > Biography
• Women folklorists > Missouri > Biography
• Women > Missouri > Saint Joseph > Biography
• Women authors, American > Missouri > Biography
• Women intellectuals > Missouri > Saint Joseph > Biography
• Missouri > Biography
• Saint Joseph (Mo.) > Biography

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-166) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

1. Queen City of the West, 1850-1860 -- 2. "Our unhappy country," 1860-1870 -- 3. Literary life, 1870-1890 -- 4. "White Voodoo," 1889-1891 -- 5. "A folklorist born, not made," 1891-1895 -- 6. Noble savages and Ozark Gypsies, 1894-1900 -- 7. Vanishing Indians, 1900-1904 -- 8. "Road to Paradise," 1905-1935 -- Epilogue: "Ever towards the setting sun they push us".

LCCN

2012462765

OCLC

ssj0000821008

Author

Olson, Greg, 1959-

Title

Voodoo priests, noble savages, and Ozark Gypsies [electronic resource] : the life of folklorist Mary Alicia Owen / Greg Olson.

Imprint

Columbia [Mo.] ; London : University of Missouri Press, c2012.

Series

Missouri biography series

Missouri biography series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-166) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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