{"product_id":"tall-tales-of-the-southwest","title":"Tall Tales of the Southwest","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew York: Knopf, 1930.  Hardcover quarto with brown cloth spine. xxxii, 456 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations; 22 cm. Previous owners name in ink to half title page. Ex library blind stamp to frontispiece, title page, and page 301. Very small number stamp to contents page and front cover verso. Traces of book plate to back cover verso and half title page. Moderate rubbing to spine. Mild rubbing and bumping to corners of boards. Mild rubbing and fraying to outer edge of front board. Mild cracks to hinge in few spots throughout. Else pages clean. Overall good(+). Hardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeries: Americana deserta; With t.p. of original edition of \"Georgia scenes.\" Contents: Guilty--but drunk \/ George W. Bradbury -- The big bear of Arkansas \/ T.B. Thorpe -- Going to bed before a young lady \/ \"M\" -- How Simon Suggs \"raised Jack\" \/ Johnson J. Hooper -- Cousin Sally Dilliard \/ Hamilton C. Jones -- A useful coon-skin \/ David Crockett -- A knob dance--a Tennessee frolic \/ George W. Harris -- Cupping on the sternum \/ H.C.L. -- Ovid Bolus, Esq. \/ Joseph G. Baldwin -- The Hoosier and the salt pile \/ William T. Thompson -- Discharged on his own recognizance \/ W.H. Sparks -- \"Pertaters and ternups\" \/ \"Spoondrift\" -- The character of a native Georgian \/ A.B. Longstreet -- The steamboat captain who was averse to racing \/ George P. Burnham -- \"Old Sense\" of Arkansas \/ C.F.M. Noland -- The militia company drill \/ Oliver H. Prince -- Major Jones pops the question \/ William T. Thompson -- Mrs. Yardley's quilting \/ George W. Harris -- A \"hung\" jury \/ Joseph M. Field -- Simon gets a \"soft snap\" out of his daddy \/ Johnson J. Hooper -- Sharp financiering \/ Joseph G. Baldwin -- Rare ripe garden seed \/ George W. Harris -- An artist in trouble \/ D. Corcoran -- How the times served the Virginians \/ Joseph G. Baldwin -- The harp of a thousand strings \/ William P. Brannan -- Simon Suggs becomes Captain \/ Johnson J. Hooper -- Where the lion roareth and the wang-doodle mourneth \/ William P. Brannan -- The fight \/ A.B. Longstreet -- Col. Hawkins and the court \/ Johnson J. Hooper -- A coon-hunt in a fency country \/ William T. Thompson -- A quarter race in Kentucky \/ C.F.M. Noland -- Shifting the responsibility \/ Johnson J. Hooper -- A sage conversation \/ A.B. Longstreet -- A snake-bit Irishman \/ George W. Harris -- Captain Suggs and Lieut. Snipes \"court-martial\" Widow Haycock \/ Johnson J. Hooper -- Georgia theatrics \/ A.B. Longstreet -- Sicily Burns's wedding \/ George W. Harris -- McAlpin's trip to Charleston \/ Hamilton C. Jones -- A bully boat and a brag captain \/ Sol Smith -- Old Singletire \/ Robert Patterson -- The thimble game \/ T.W. Lane -- That big dog fight at Myers's \/ P.B. January -- Mississippi legislature \/ Anon. -- The horse-swap \/ A.B. Longstreet -- Swallowing an oyster alive \/ John S. Robb -- Sut Lovingood's daddy, acting horse \/ George W. Harris -- Simon Suggs attends a camp-meeting \/ Johnson J. Hooper -- Breaking a bank \/ Sol Smith -- The dandy frightening the squatter \/ S.L.C. American literature -- Southwest, Old. Frontier and pioneer life. Humorous stories, American. American literature -- 19th century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Meine, Franklin J.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46055597572354,"sku":"90147.0","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/4412\/1602\/files\/holder_6_ac75882b-1e71-4e22-ba38-aa24bc5f2f97.jpg?v=1744074296","url":"https:\/\/bibliope.com\/products\/tall-tales-of-the-southwest","provider":"Bibliope","version":"1.0","type":"link"}