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Catfish at the Pump: Humor. Frontier by Welsch. Free Ship. Almost 40 Yrs Old
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Product Group
- Book
- Item Height
- 0.4 in
- Original Language
- English
- Unit Quantity
- 1
- Weight
- Half Pound
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780803247406
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-10
0803247400
ISBN-13
9780803247406
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1229400
Product Key Features
Book Title
Catfish at the Pump : Humor and the Frontier
Number of Pages
152 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1986
Topic
General, Humor
Features
Reprint
Genre
Literary Criticism, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight
11 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
86-004295
Dewey Edition
19
Dewey Decimal
817/.009/3278
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
Were our forefathers liars? "You bet they were," says Roger Welsch, "and damned fine ones at that." The proof is inCatfish at the Pump, a collection of the kind of humor that softened the hardships of pioneering on the Great Plains. From yellowed newspapers, magazines, and forgotten Nebraska Federal Writers' Project files, the well-known folklorist and humorist Roger Welsch has produced a book to be treasured. Here are jokes, anecdotes, legends, tall tales, and lugubriously funny poems about the things that preoccupied the pioneer plainsman: weather extremes; soil quality; food and whiskey; an arkload of animals, including grasshoppers, bed bugs, hoop snakes, the ubiquitous mule, and some mighty big fish; and even sickness and the poverty that would inspire black laughter again in the Great Depression. Catfish at the Pumpproves abundantly that the art of story telling was practiced diligently by our plains ancestors. Roger Welsch, who brought outShingling the Fog and Other Plains Liesin 1972 (reprinted by the University of Nebraska Press in 1980), now issues this "book about lies and liars," knowing full well that "underlying the pioneer sense of humor is a profound respect for truth.", Were our forefathers liars? "You bet they were," says Roger Welsch, "and damned fine ones at that." The proof is in Catfish at the Pump , a collection of the kind of humor that softened the hardships of pioneering on the Great Plains. From yellowed newspapers, magazines, and forgotten Nebraska Federal Writers' Project files, the well-known folklorist and humorist Roger Welsch has produced a book to be treasured. Here are jokes, anecdotes, legends, tall tales, and lugubriously funny poems about the things that preoccupied the pioneer plainsman: weather extremes; soil quality; food and whiskey; an arkload of animals, including grasshoppers, bed bugs, hoop snakes, the ubiquitous mule, and some mighty big fish; and even sickness and the poverty that would inspire black laughter again in the Great Depression. Catfish at the Pump proves abundantly that the art of story telling was practiced diligently by our plains ancestors. Roger Welsch, who brought out Shingling the Fog and Other Plains Lies in 1972 (reprinted by the University of Nebraska Press in 1980), now issues this "book about lies and liars," knowing full well that "underlying the pioneer sense of humor is a profound respect for truth."
LC Classification Number
PS430.W4 1986
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- 4***4 (1)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseThe seller was very friendly and quick to respond. The item was exactly as described. Perfect experience!
- n***6 (920)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseGreat lamps! Perfect transaction, items shipped quickly and well packed. Thank you!
- k***c (4647)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseAs described. Thank you for the fast shipping.