C. M. Haile's "Pardon Jones" letters
Subtitle: Old Southwest humor from antebellum Louisiana
By: edited by Ed Piacentino.
Contributors: Piacentino, Edward J., 1945-
Series: Southern literary studies
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780807134375
Subjects: Haile, C. M. -- b.1815?-1848; American wit and humor -- Southwest, Old; American wit and humor -- 19th century; American literature -- 19th century; Southwest, Old -- Politics and governemtn -- Humor; Journalists -- Louisiana -- Biography; Southwest, Old -- Social life and customs -- Humor
Genres: Biography
Other titles: Pardon Jones letters; Daily picayune (New Orleans, La. : 1837)
Description: Consists of Haile's extant humorous dialect letters, almost all originally published in the New Orleans daily picayune, between December, 1840-April, 1848.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.