About this title: "Presents the cream of Nye's funny creations from his seven Wyoming years, 1876-1883. The eighty-three short selections are from Laramie, Cheyenne, and Denver newspapers, and from six of Nye's books, which were compiled from previous newspaper columns. The columns give insight to the color, politics, Indian questions, agriculture, and human nature of the times."--Arizona and the West. Takes an important place among the volumes of western humor now in print."--Western American Literature. "Nye's technique is precisely the same as Ring Lardner's or Irving Cobb's or today's Art Buchwald's--the ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780803258211ISBN:0803258216
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover., In like new dust jacket. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 228 p. Contains: Illustrations. Previous Owner's Inscription. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780803258211ISBN:0803258216
Description: Good. Ex-library book in good condition. All usual stamps and markings. Pages are clean and the binding is tight. This is the hardcover edition. read more
Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Date Published: 1968
Description: Fine in Very Good jacket. 183pp. B/w illustrations. Red cloth covers with black lettering on spine. Bottom rear DJ edge has a small tear. Front of DJ is rippled as from humidity, but there is no moisture staining. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Date Published: 1975-09-01
ISBN-13:9780803258211ISBN:0803258216
Description: Very Good. Very good paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Free Delivery Confirmation! Ships same or next business day! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780803258211ISBN:0803258216
Description: Good. Good binding with 183 pages. Cover has a picture of a cowboy getting bucked off a bronko. Wear on the edges and corners with some rubbing. May have some shelf wear. No orders from customers outside of the United States please. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV OF NEBRASKA PR
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780803258211ISBN:0803258216
Description: Although Bill Nye (1850-1896) was America's best known humorist in the late 1880's and early 1890's, his work is little known today--his books long out of print and his columns yellowing in newspaper files. Now T. A. Larson, a dyed-in-the-wool Nye fa... read more
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