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SO OLE SAYS TO LENA
FOLK HUMOR OF THE UPPER MIDWEST |
| By: |
James P. Leary (Editor), W.K. McNeal |
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Paperback |
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£21.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0299173747 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780299173746 |
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| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
9 August, 2001 |
| Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
| Pages: |
272 |
| Description: |
In the land of beer, cheese, and muskies - where the polka is danced and the winter is unending - everybody is ethnic, the politics clean and the humour plentiful. This collection includes jokes, anecdotes, and tall tales from ethnic groups and working folk in the upper midwest of the US. |
| Synopsis: |
In the land of beer, cheese, and muskies - where the polka is danced and winter is unending and where Lutherans and Catholics predominate - everybody is ethnic, the politics are clean, and the humor is plentiful. This collection includes jokes, humorous anecdotes, and tall tales from ethnic groups (Woodland Indians, French, Cornish, Germans, Irish, Scandinavians, Finns, and Poles) and working folk (loggers, miners, farmers, townsfolk, hunters, and fishers). Dig into the rich cultural context supplied by the notes and photographs, or just laugh at the hundreds of jokes gathered at small-town cafes, farm tables, job sites, and church suppers. This second edition includes a new afterword and indexes of motifs and tale types. |
| Illustrations: |
29 b&w photographs, index |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Wisconsin Press |
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Returnable |
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