The fighting horse of the Stanislaus: stories & essays
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1. Verfasser: De Quille, Dan (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Iowa City University of Iowa Press 1990
Ausgabe:1st ed
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-257)
Tongue-Oil Timothy, as unflappable as he is unconscionable, swindles Wasatch Sam in a villainous poker game. Amazed prospectors discover a full-grown silver man deep in a mountain tunnel. Old Pizen, a horse so mean that he was almost poison to himself, is wagered by his own owner in the fight of his life. The travelling stones of Pahranagat, when scattered about the ground, immediately huddle together like eggs in a nest. Highly eccentric but shrewd, itinerant preacher Lorenzo Dow raises the devil. A cheery voiced goblin frog points the way toward the great Comstack silver lode
Hoaxes, humor, and practical jokes - A silver man -- - The traveling stones of Pahranagat -- - Solar armor -- - Eyeless fish that live in hot water -- - The troubles of John Smith -- - The boss snorer -- - Torture unutterable -- - Tom Collette's bath
History and description - The typical prospector -- - The old California prospector -- - The tricks of miners -- - A superintendent who was fatherly and "smooth" -- - The wealth of Washoe -- - Old Johnny Ranchero -- - The wolf and the wild hogs -- - Trailing a lost child
Colorful characterizations - Jones' opinion -- - A strange monomania -- - The earth never dies -- - A dietetic Don Quixote -- - Tongue-oil Timothy dead -- - A female world-ranger -- - Rev. Olympus Jump
Legends and folklore - Lorenzo Dow's miracle -- - Death Valley -- - A goblin frog -- - Elam Storm -- - Peter Crow among the witches
Stories - The fighting horse of the Stanislaus -- - Marier's room -- - Bendix Biargo and his three sisters -- - The seven Nimrods of the Sierras -- - The eagles' nest -- - An Indian story of the Sierra Madre
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 257 pages)
ISBN:0877452830
0877452997
1587290138
9780877452836
9780877452997
9781587290138

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