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Horse sense in American humor, from Benjamin Franklin to Ogden Nash
- Title
- Horse sense in American humor, from Benjamin Franklin to Ogden Nash, by Walter Blair.
- Author
- Blair, Walter, 1900-1992.
- Publication
- Chicago, Ill., University of Chicago Press [1942]
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Details
- Description
- xv, 341 pages frontispiece, illustrations (including portraits); 20 cm
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Wit and Humor.
- humor.
- Humor.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Humour.
- Bibliography (note)
- "Bibliographical note": p. 319-325.
- Contents
- Early to rise -- Davy Crockett: horse sense on the frontier -- Jack Downing: common sense in imagination -- A brahmin dons homespun -- Horse sense, Southern style -- Abe Lincoln -- Civi l War humor, fools for propaganda -- Lost characters -- Mark Twain, Hank, and Huck -- Josh and Samantha -- Imported horse sense, Mr. Dooley -- Abe Martin and Will Rogers -- Crazy men -- Modern survivals -- Bibliogrpahical note -- Index.
- LCCN
- 42016205
- OCLC
- ocm02429386
- 2429386
- SCSB-8410873
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library