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Rowdy Tales from Early Alabama: The Humor of John Gorman Barr

Rowdy Tales from Early Alabama: The Humor of John Gorman Barr

John Gorman Barr

Phil Malone had been caught in a Similar pickle, and paid for it with his life! Some such reflection as this, passing athwart his mind, gave rise to the mournful monologue: “Och, an, is it Jemmy Owens that's come to this frae counthry, to cut the ...
The Humor of the Old South

The Humor of the Old South

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John Gorman Barr Beidler, Philip D. The Art of Fiction in the Heart of Dixie. University: Univ. of Alabama Press, 1986. 3–4, 328. Hoole, W. Stanley. “John Gorman Barr: Forgotten Alabama Humorist.” Alabama Review 4 (1951): 83–116. Hubbs ...
The Adventures of Ibn Opcit

The Adventures of Ibn Opcit

John Gorman Barr

The Adventures of Ibn Opcit is a two-volume work by John Barr, first president of The Poetry Foundation. Grace, the first volume of this mock epic, is the master song of Ibn Opcit, a Caribbean gardener/poet condemned to die by torture.
Alabama History: An Annotated Bibliography

Alabama History: An Annotated Bibliography

Lynda Brown

"John Gorman Barr: Forgotten Alabama Humorist." Alabama Review 4 (April 1951): 83-1 16. A biographical sketch with a reprint of one of Barr's yarns, "New York Drummer's Ride to Greensboro." 758. . "Alabama and W. Gilmore Simms.
The Mississippi Quarterly

The Mississippi Quarterly

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In the present volume, the stories of yet another vigorous humorist, John Gorman Barr, are made available for the modern reader. G. Ward Hubbs has performed a meritorious service by editing the fourteen tales of this representative and ...
Mason City Directories

Mason City Directories

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... energy tech Consumers Power h906 S Barnes St 676-2741 Barr Donald & Dorothy; repr E D Barr & Sons Inc rDanesville Rd Barr Duane W & Eleanor A; mgr E D Barr & Sons Inc rLansing MI BARR E D & SONS INC, Duane W Barr President, ...
Humor of the Old Southwest

Humor of the Old Southwest

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From unpromising beginnings John Gorman Barr, known to readers of the Spirit of the Times and Porter's Spirit of the Times as "Omega," developed into a self- made man not much short of the Horatio Alger stereotype. A North Carolinian by  ...
Lost Capitals of Alabama

Lost Capitals of Alabama

Herbert James Lewis

Acts, 1836, 101–02. 142. Durham, Southern Moderate in Radical Times, 31–32; Smith, Reminiscences of a Long Life, 23, 214; Lewis, Clearing the Thickets, 261,290–91. It should be noted that in the late 1840s, John Gorman Barr, a talented ...
Irish Found in South Carolina--1850 Census

Irish Found in South Carolina--1850 Census

Margaret Peckham Motes

GORMAN, MARY, 3, F, None listed, -, Ireland, 186, 170, CHAS*. InHHof Richard Gorman m 40 born Ireland GORMAN, MARY, 12, F, None listed, -, Ireland, 717, 697, CHAS-. InHHof Felix Gorman m 41 born Ireland. GORMAN, PATRICK, 16, M , ...
Clearing the Thickets: A History of Antebellum Alabama

Clearing the Thickets: A History of Antebellum Alabama

Herbert James Lewis

I642] Michael H. Hoffheimer, “Race and Terror in Joseph Baldwin's Flush Times ofAIabama and Mississippi (1953),” Seton Hall Law Review 39 (2009); 725. 643 W. Stanley Hoole, ““John Gorman Barr: Forgotten Alabama Humorist,” Alabama ...
The Spectator: Property Insurance Review

The Spectator: Property Insurance Review

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One of these contributors, who also holds high rank in agency organizational circles, is William D. O'Gorman, of the Newark, N.J. .general agency of O'Gorman & Young, Inc. William D. O'Gorman has been for a number of years not only an ...
Roseannearchy: Dispatches from the Nut Farm

Roseannearchy: Dispatches from the Nut Farm

Roseanne Barr

BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND TELEVISION STAR ROSEANNE BARR IS BACK—WITH A VENGEANCE—AND THE RESULT IS ROSEANNEARCHY. Roseanne Barr is a force of nature.
Ashe County: A History

Ashe County: A History

Arthur Lloyd Fletcher

... 1934, P. G. Wright, Larry P. Colvard; 1935, Larry P. Colvard, E. D. Barr; 1936, Larry P. Colvard, E. D. Barr; 1937, E. D. Barr, Guy T. Badger; 1938, J. B. Hash, Charles S. McNeill; 1939, Jack G. Rhodes, Glenn Graybeal; 1940, William B. Austin, ...
Washington: A Comprehensive Directory of the Key ...

Washington: A Comprehensive Directory of the Key ...

John J. Russell

Samuel A. Finz Chairman Philip R. Johnson Chairman- Elect Gregory F. Jennings Immediate Past < David G. Speck ... Dicker AIA Secretary Robert E. Barr AIA Treasurer Raj Barr-Kumar AIA Immediate Past President G. Martin Moeller Jr Exec.
Jan Vedder's Wife

Jan Vedder's Wife

Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

Barr was British born but moved to the US shortly after her marriage. She began writing after her husband and three of their six children died of yellow fever.
The Belle of Bowling Green

The Belle of Bowling Green

Amelia E. Barr

Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (1831-1919) was a British American novelist.
The Belle of Bowling Green

The Belle of Bowling Green

Amelia E. Barr

Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (1831-1919) was a British American novelist.
The Bow of Orange Ribbon

The Bow of Orange Ribbon

Amelia E. Barr

Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (1831-1919) was a British-American novelist.
Verses by Catherine Barr, a poor blind woman, better known ...

Verses by Catherine Barr, a poor blind woman, better known ...

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Catherine Barr. VERSES //éo/.M.é/ , /— CATHERINE BARR,7 “K BY (A POOR BLIND WOMAN), BETTER KNOWN IN THE CHURCH MILITANT AS “KITTY.” LONDON: RIXON AND ARNOLD, 29, POULTRY. M-DCCCJJX. LONDON: PBINTED ...
The Big Little Wedding in Carlton Square: A gorgeously ...

The Big Little Wedding in Carlton Square: A gorgeously ...

Lilly Bartlett

Lilly Bartlett, Michele Gorman. I loved it CATHY BRAMLEY !!!". I . o glittle 'We ddin g in / * Colos, - o L. o | * Michele Gorman writing o LILLY BARTLETT Biglittle ' Wedding in (also Square Michele Gorman writing as LILLY. Front Cover.
Jan Vedder's Wife. by: Amelia E. Barr (Original Version)

Jan Vedder's Wife. by: Amelia E. Barr (Original Version)

Amelia E. Barr

Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (March 29, 1831 - March 10, 1919) was a British novelist She was born on March 29, 1831 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England as Amelia Edith Huddleston to Reverend William Huddleston.
Hope and Grief in the Anthropocene: Re-conceptualising ...

Hope and Grief in the Anthropocene: Re-conceptualising ...

Lesley Head

A further take on this is Emily O'Gorman's (2014) work on the relationships between native ducks and rice fields. O'Gorman challenges the concept of wetland, understood conventionally as a native, preEuropean landscape. In showing the ...
The Weekly Underwriter

The Weekly Underwriter

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INTER-OCEAN Insurance Company CINCINNATI. OHIO Personal P:otection Since 1903 LIFE □ HEALTH □ ACCIDENT . HOSPITALIZATION William D. O' Gorman William Doane O'Gorman of Mont- clair, N. J., vice president of the Newark ...
The Resilient Woman: Mastering the 7 Steps to Personal Power

The Resilient Woman: Mastering the 7 Steps to Personal Power

Patricia O''Gorman, PhD

. . ? What happens when relationships sour and the trauma is carried into subsequent relationships? Noted psychologist and author Dr. Patricia O''Gorman answers these questions for today''s generation of women.
Winter Evening Tales

Winter Evening Tales

Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr. WINTER EVENING TALES by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr Sai ePublications CONTENTS COVER IMAGE TITLE PAGE PREFACE "CASH" A PROBLEM OF. Digital edition produced & published by.
Scottish sketches

Scottish sketches

Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr. Scottish sketches Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr Imprint This book is part of TREDITION CLASSICS Author: Amelia Scottish sketches Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr.
The Girly Thoughts 10-Day Detox Plan: The Resilient Woman¹s ...

The Girly Thoughts 10-Day Detox Plan: The Resilient Woman¹s ...

Patricia O''Gorman, Ph.D.

Using the key concepts from O''Gorman''s well-regarded book The Resilient Woman, this book is also an effective, independent resource for women who want to face their biggest roadblock—their inner critic—as a way to live life to the ...
Environment, Modernization and Development in East Asia: ...

Environment, Modernization and Development in East Asia: ...

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... BRITISH EMPIRE: New Views on Environmental History (edited with Edward Melillo and Emily O'Gorman) CLIMATE, SCIENCE, AND COLONIZATION: Histories from Australia and New Zealand (edited with Emily O'Gorman and Matt Henry) ...
The Squire of Sandal-Side: A Pastoral Romance:

The Squire of Sandal-Side: A Pastoral Romance:

Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr. THE SQUIRE OF SANDALSIDE A PASTORAL ROMANCE BY AMELIA E. BARR AUTHOR OF "JAN VEDDER'S WIFE," "A DAUGHTER OF FIFE," "THE BOW OF ORANGE RIBBON," ETC. CHAPTER I.
Engineering Communism: How Two Americans Spied for Stalin ...

Engineering Communism: How Two Americans Spied for Stalin ...

Steven T. Usdin

"Drawing on extensive interviews with Barr and new archival evidence, Steve Usdin explains why Barr and Sarant became spies, how they obtained military secrets, and how FBI blunders led to their escape.

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