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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Joel Daehnke |
| ISBN: | 0821415026 9780821415023 0821415034 9780821415030 |
| OCLC Number: | 52348893 |
| Description: | 299 p. cm. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | In the work of their hands is their prayer: desire, history, and the drama of the American frontiers -- "Necessary nothings" and "minor deprivations": cultivating the frontier marketplace in Caroline Kirkland's A new home, who'll follow? -- Marvelous possessions: reaffirming the sacred, redeeming the profane in Yellowstone National Park -- Bonanzas and borascas, accounts and "no accounts": Dan De Quille, Mark Twain, and the fortunate landscape of Nevada's Comstock lode -- "Our life exempt from public haunt": national manhood, the fraternity of anglers, and the blessings of American leisure -- "At our meanest tasks": redemption and the domestic economy in Willa Cather's Death comes for the archbishop -- "Having done with calendared time": the corpus of mission and the enigmatic ends of history. |
| Responsibility: | Joel Daehnke. |
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- American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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