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Western Characters; or, Types of Border Life in the Western States

John Ludlum McConnel

  • Stories
  • Book language: English
  • 219 pages

Western Characters; or, Types of Border Life in the Western States is a collection of stories and character sketches by John Ludlum McConnel, published in 1853. It portrays social types and scenes of frontier life in the western United States, aiming at general types rather than real individuals. It offers a lively window into mid-nineteenth-century border customs and speech.

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THE PEDDLER
Title Page
WESTERN CHARACTERS
OR
TYPES OF BORDER LIFE
IN THE
WESTERN STATES
BY J. L. McCONNEL
AUTHOR OF “TALBOT AND VERNON,”—“THE GLENNS,” ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY DARLEY
REDFIELD,
110 AND 112 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK.
1853.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853,
By J. S. REDFIELD,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United
States, in and for
the Southern District of New York.
STEREOTYPED BY C. C. SAVAGE,
13 Chambers Street, N. Y.

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Contents

  1. WESTERN CHARACTERS
  2. OR
  3. TYPES OF BORDER LIFE
  4. WESTERN STATES
  5. PREFATORY NOTE.
  6. CONTENTS.
  7. INTRODUCTORY.
  8. I.
  9. II.
  10. III.
  11. IV.
  12. V.
  13. VI.
  14. VII.
  15. VIII.
  16. IX.
  17. X.
  18. EPILOGUE.
  19. J. S. REDFIELD,
  20. LORENZO BENONI,
  21. THE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE,
  22. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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