Folk laughter on the American frontier by Boatright, Mody Coggin

Stated first printing but shows other printings, Tan Cloth Hardcover, 182 pages, 8 1/4" tall. A couple of small marks on the cover. Inside pages clean and binding is tight.Filled with anecdotes and folklore, including many examples of the lively styles of journalism, including some jim-dandy words coined in the west, such as: absqatulated, combobbolate, exflunctify, flumex and others. This is not a joke book but is filled with phrases, anecdotes and speech patterns unique to the west.

Product Info

Publisher: Macmillan

Year: 1949

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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HillCountryBooks

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Country: United States