Davis Mollie Moore (230 results)

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

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Paperback. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Some light rubbing and edgewear, some staining and creasing. Text has previous owners inscription, but is otherwise clean and tight in binding. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. Reprint. "The first novel to portray seriously nineteenth-century cowboy life, The Wire-Cutters was Mollie E. Moore Davis' tour de force inspired by the Texas Fence Cutting Wars fought by competing cattlemen and ranchers." Originally published in 1899.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The huge man-fig tree that sits on the town square in the fictional Coastal Bend town of Thornham (probably West Columbia) is the gathering place for the towns male gossips. Under this tree reputations are made and broken, rumors are spread, and a twisted folk history of the town is created.Under the Man-Fig, by Mollie Moore Davis, a popular late-nineteenth century poet, novelist, and historian, is part romance, realism, color, and satire. The idea that men are the purveyors of gossip rings a change on the usual cliche that women are the worst rumor-mongers. Davis main characters, drawn mostly from Victorian romance, are true to the genre, and her African Americans borrow heavily from the moonlight-and-magnolias format of many novels about the Old South.But there are many things in the novel that make it important to early Texas writing. The Juneteenth scene with its interesting center figger captures a part of folklore not often seen. And the flavor of life just north of the Texas Gulf Coast is rarely captured in fiction.In 1895, the year Under the Man-Fig was published, there was not a large body of Texas writing besides the Wild West tales published in dime novels. Davis novel was more realistic than the shoot-em-ups that featured bold cowboys and degenerate or bloodthirsty Indians.Davis mixture of realism and romance appealed to the audience of the times but has long since been overwhelmed by the Texas of the wild frontier. The huge man-fig tree that sits on the town square in the fictional Coastal Bend town of Thornham (probably West Columbia) is the gathering place for the town's male gossips. Under this tree reputations are made and broken, rumors are spread, and a twisted folk history of the town is created. Under the Man-Fig, by Mollie Moore Davis, a popular late-nineteenth century poet, novelist, and historian, is part romance, realism, color, and satire. The idea that men are the purveyors of gossip rings a change on the usual cliche that women are the worst rumor-mongers. Davis' main characters, drawn mostly from Victorian romance, are true to the genre, and her African Americans borrow heavily from the moonlight-and-magnolias format of many novels about the Old South. But there are many things in the novel that make it important to early Texas writing. The Juneteenth scene with its interesting "center figger" captures a part of folklore not often seen. And the flavor of life just north of the Texas Gulf Coast is rarely captured in fiction. In 1895, the year Under the Man-Fig was published, there was not a large body of Texas writing besides the Wild West tales published in dime novels. Davis' novel was more realistic than the shoot-em-ups that featured bold cowboys and degenerate or bloodthirsty Indians. Davis' mixture of realism and romance appealed to the audience of the times but has long since been overwhelmed by the Texas of the wild frontier. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 332 pages ; 18 cm. ; wraps.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Printing [thus]. 373pps. Like new; a clean, unread copy, no reading creases, tight binding, no markings of any kind.

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Under Six Flags: The Story of Texas. Book.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. GOOD / NO DUST JACKET. Former library book. [8], 257 pp, plus 6 pp of advertisements at end. Pages are lightly toned, but otherwise clean, free or marks or damage; quite good condition. Typical library treatments inside front cover and on dedication page. Edges of text block are darkened with age, has pronounced "shelf smear" on bottom right edge. Original binding: boards covered with medium green fabric, imprinted with darker green foliage and white roses with pink edges, in art nouveau style, on front cover. Colors are rubbed but still distinct. Shelfworn on all edges, bottom right corner of front cover and top/tail of spine are worn to boards. While front inside hinge is beginning to crack, binding is still solid. Has held up well for its age and is quite usable.…

Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. First edition thus. xxii, 373 pages ; 19 cm. ; illustrated wraps. Extensively INSCRIBED to Margaret Waring of Comanche, Texas by introduction's author Rodenberger, dated 17 April 1998. Historical novel containing much material on the fence-cutting wars of 1870s Texas. Inscribed by Author(s).…

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