The Irish American myth of the frontier West
By: Marguerite Quintelli-Neary.
Publisher: Academica Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Bethesda, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781933146461
Subjects: Irish Americans -- West (U.S.) -- Biography; Outlaws -- West (U.S.) -- Biography; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); Irish Americans -- West (U.S.) -- Folklore; Outlaws -- West (U.S.) -- Folklore; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Folklore; Folklore -- West (U.S.); Folklore -- Ireland
Genres: Biography; Folklore
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Establishing boundaries; title: At home on the range : Fionn MacCumhaill and Billy the Kid; title: Calamitous persona : Martha Jane Cannary's role in Irish American frontier folklore; title: The original Starr wars : tales of a Southern belle and bandit queen; title: The "Irishness" of Jesse James.