Title The life of folklorist Mary Alicia Owen : voodoo priests, noble savages, and Ozark Gypsies / Greg Olson

Published Columbia [Mo.] : University of Missouri Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (x, 171 pages) : illustrations, portraits Series Missouri biography series Missouri biography series. Contents 1. Queen City of the West, 1850-1860 -- 2. "Our unhappy country," 1860-1870 -- 3. Literary life, 1870-1890 -- 4. "White Voodoo," 1889-1891 -- 5. "A folklorist born, not made," 1891-1895 -- 6. Noble savages and Ozark Gypsies, 1894-1900 -- 7. Vanishing Indians, 1900-1904 -- 8. "Road to Paradise," 1905-1935 -- Epilogue: "Ever towards the setting sun they push us." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-166) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Owen, Mary Alicia, 1850-1935. SUBJECT Owen, Mary Alicia, 1850-1935 Owen, Mary Alicia, 1850-1935 fast Subject Folklorists -- Missouri -- Biography Women folklorists -- Missouri -- Biography Women -- Missouri -- Saint Joseph -- Biography Women authors, American -- Missouri -- Biography Women intellectuals -- Missouri -- Saint Joseph -- Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology. Folklorists Women Women authors, American Women folklorists Women intellectuals SUBJECT Missouri -- Biography Saint Joseph (Mo.) -- Biography Subject Missouri Missouri -- Saint Joseph Genre/Form Biographies Form Electronic book ISBN 0826272959 9780826272959

Other Titles Voodoo priests, noble savages, and Ozark Gypsies Mary Alicia Owen

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