C. m. haile's "pardon jones" letters: old southwest humor from antebellum louisiana
Éditeur :
Louisiana State University Press
ISBN :
9780807134375
Date de publication :
1 juil. 2009
Dimensions :
22,8 x 15,2 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
333 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
From 1840 to 1848, journalist C. M. Haile published a series of mock letters-to-the-editor in the New Orleans Picayune under the pseudonym “Pardon Jonesâ€. In this volume, Ed Piacentino collects all of Haile's epistles, highlighting this trove of Old Southwest humour and the prolific writer's foremost literary achievement.