Southern Frontier Humor: New Approaches

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SOUTHERN FRONTIER HUMOR  This page intentionally left blank SOUTHERN FRONTIER HUMOR  New Approaches EDITED BY ED PIACENTINO University Press of Mississippi Jackson www.upress.state.ms.us The University Press of Mississippi is a member of the Association of American University Presses. Copyright © 2013 by University Press of Mississippi All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First printing 2013 ∞ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Southern frontier humor : new approaches / edited by Ed Piacentino. pages cm Includes index. ISBN 978-1-61703-768-9 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-61703-769-6 (ebook) 1. American wit and humor—Southwest, Old—History and criticism. 2. American literature—Southwest, Old— History and criticism. 3. American literature—Southern States—History and criticism. 4. Southwest, Old—Humor. 5. Southern States—Humor. 6. Southwest, Old—In literature. 7. Southern States—In literature. I. Piacentino, Edward J., 1945–, editor of compilation. PS437.S68 2013 817.009’976—dc23 2012044873 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available ...