Traits of American Humour, Vol. I of III edited

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Editor

Haliburton, Thomas Chandler, 1796-1865

Title

Traits of American Humour, Vol. 1 of 3

Credits

Produced by Marcia Brooks, Cindy Beyer and the online Project Gutenberg team at www.pgdpcanada.net with images provided by The Internet Archives

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

American wit and humor

Category

Text

eBook-No.

49863

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49863

Release Date

September 3, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.I. MY FIRST AND LAST SPEECH IN THE GENERAL COURT. — II. HOSS ALLEN, OF MISSOURI. — III. THE WIDOW RUGBY’S HUSBAND. — IV. THE BIG BEAR OF ARKANSAS. [7] — V. JOHNNY BEEDLE’S COURTSHIP. [8] — VI. THE MARRIAGE OF JOHNNY BEEDLE. [9] — VII. JOHNNY BEEDLE’S THANKSGIVING. [10] — VIII. AUNT NABBY’S STEWED GOOSE. — IX. DECLINE AND FALL OF THE CITY OF DOGTOWN. — X. THE COON-HUNT; OR, A FENCY COUNTRY. — XI. A RIDE WITH OLD KIT KUNCKER. — XII. SETH WILLET: THE ELK COUNTY WITNESS. — XIII. THE TWO FAT SALS. [11] — XIV. WAR’S YURE HOSS? — XV. BOB LEE. A TALE. — XVI. THE SHOOTING-MATCH. — XVII. THE HORSE SWAP. — XVIII. THREE CHANCES FOR A WIFE. — XIX. THE YANKEE AMONGST THE MERMAIDS. A YARN, BY A CAPE CODDER. — XX. CAPTAIN STICK AND TONEY. — XXI. THE WAY BILLY HARRIS DROVE THE DRUM-FISH TO MARKET. — XXII. YANKEE HOMESPUN. — XXIII. THE INDEFATIGABLE BEAR-HUNTER. — XXIV. COLONEL CROCKETT’S RIDE ON THE BACK OF A BUFFALO. — XXV. COLONEL CROCKETT’S ADVENTURE WITH A GRIZZLY BEAR. — XXVI. COLONEL CROCKETT, THE BEAR AND THE SWALLOWS. — XXVII. A PRETTY PREDICAMENT. — TRANSCRIBER NOTES

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