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Western Characters; or, Types of Border Life in the Western States — John Ludlum McConnel

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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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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