Rowdy Tales from Early Alabama The Humor of John Gorman Barr

The rollicking tale of Old Southwestern humor were distinctive contributions to American folk culture provided by the frontier writers of the South and Southwest. This tradition reached its highest form in the work of Mark Twain. Among the precursors of Twain was John Gorman Barr of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Barr drew upon the people and places of his home region as the primary sources for his tales. In addition to the pure entertainment Barr's stories provide, they also furnish a comprehensive picture of Tuscaloosa and western Alabama in the 1850s--the roaring river town coexisting uneasily with the intellectual sophistication of the recently established University of Alabama.Hubbs, G. Ward is the author of 'Rowdy Tales from Early Alabama The Humor of John Gorman Barr' with ISBN 9780817304775 and ISBN 0817304770.