Publisher:
University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville
"This book examines nineteenth-century myths of pre-Colombian whites in the United States, as well as literary satires of those myths by authors such as Washington Irving and Mark Twain
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Universität Mainz, Bereichsbibliothek Georg Forster-Gebäude / USA-Bibliothek
Signature:
810.93587001 WAT
Inter-library loan:
Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan
"This book examines nineteenth-century myths of pre-Colombian whites in the United States, as well as literary satires of those myths by authors such as Washington Irving and Mark Twain
Introduction: The Primordial Nation -- Welsh Indians in the Early Republic -- The Lost Tribes and the Found Nation -- The White Mound Builders and the Lessons of Prehistory -- Dwarf Epics and the Ancient Irish -- The Norse Forefathers of the American Empire
