Missouri writers: A literary history of Missouri, 1780-1955
by Elijah L. Jacobs
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1. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by Elijah Jacobs on fep. Missouri Writers: a Literary History of Missouri, 1780-1955. By Jacobs & Wolverton. State Publishing. 356pp. 1955. 1st ed. Green cloth. Lightly rubbed edges; no fraying. Dull gilt to spine & front cover. Photo frontis of Gari Melcher's mural showing Mark Twain in steamboat pilot house. Pages clean, bright and tight. Includes bibliography & index. "";This survey, the most comprehensive yet published, covers frontier literature, fiction, poetry, literature of the Civil War, history, and biography. A 'List of Professional Missouri Writers' includes living (1955) Missouri authors and the city with which they are most closely associated.""; . . Insured.
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