The Wordsworth Dictionary of the American West

ISBN-10
075675304X
ISBN-13
9780756753047
Pages
266
Language
English
Published
2002-01-01
Author
Winfred Blevins

Description

This dictionary is a treasury of the American frontier west of the 100th Meridian, and contains 5,000 terms and expressions essential to an understanding of the real West which is more amazing, outlandish, romantic, extravagant and fascinating than the myth. Among the thousands of carefully researched definitions, the reader will find the meaning of Ôbuck nun' and to Ôride circle;' as well as American Indian words such as Ôsun dance', Ôkachina' and Ômedicine pipe'. This book is essential for anyone with an interest in the American West, in its history, facts and fables, idioms and mores.

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