TY - GEN T1 - Lafcadio Hearn's America : ethnographic sketches and editorials A1 - Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904 A2 - Bronner, Simon J. LA - English PP - Lexington, Ky. PB - University Press of Kentucky YR - 2002 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm65196342 AB - The American essays of renowned writer Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) artistically chronicle the robust urban life of Cincinnati and New Orleans. Hearn is one of the few chroniclers of urban American life in the nineteenth century, and much of this material has not been widely available since the 1950s. Lafcadio Hearn's America collects Hearn's stories of vagabonds, river people, mystics, criminals, and some of the earliest accounts available of black and ethnic urban folklife in America. He was a frequently consulted expert on America during his years in Japan, and these editorials reflect on th. OP - 242 CN - E168 .H43 2002eb SN - 081317046X SN - 9780813170466 SN - 9780813156354 SN - 0813156351 SN - 0813122295 SN - 9780813122298 KW - Hearn, Lafcadio, : 1850-1904 : Homes and haunts : Anecdotes. KW - Hearn, Lafcadio, : 1850-1904 : Political and social views. KW - Hearn, Lafcadio, : 1850-1904 KW - United States : Description and travel : Anecdotes. KW - United States : Social life and customs : 1865-1918 : Anecdotes. KW - United States : Social conditions : 1865-1918 : Anecdotes. KW - Ethnology : United States : History : 19th century : Anecdotes. KW - Social classes : United States : History : 19th century : Anecdotes. KW - États-Unis : Mœurs et coutumes : 1865-1918 : Anecdotes. KW - États-Unis : Conditions sociales : 1865-1918 : Anecdotes. KW - Ethnologie : États-Unis : Histoire : 19e siècle : Anecdotes. KW - Classes sociales : États-Unis : Histoire : 19e siècle : Anecdotes. KW - LITERARY COLLECTIONS : Essays. KW - Ethnology KW - Homes KW - Manners and customs KW - Political and social views KW - Social classes KW - Social conditions KW - Travel KW - United States KW - 1800-1918 KW - Anecdotes KW - History ER -