The life of folklorist Mary Alicia Owen voodoo priests, noble savages, and Ozark Gypsies /

Olson, Greg, 1959-

The life of folklorist Mary Alicia Owen voodoo priests, noble savages, and Ozark Gypsies / Voodoo priests, noble savages, and Ozark Gypsies Mary Alicia Owen Greg Olson. - Columbia [Mo. : University of Missouri Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (x, 171 pages) illustrations, portraits. - Missouri biography series .

Includes bibliographies and index.

1. Queen City of the West, 1850-1860 -- 2. "Our unhappy country," 1860-1870 -- 3. Literary life, 1870-1890 -- 4. "White Voodoo," 1889-1891 -- 5. "A folklorist born, not made," 1891-1895 -- 6. Noble savages and Ozark Gypsies, 1894-1900 -- 7. Vanishing Indians, 1900-1904 -- 8. "Road to Paradise," 1905-1935 -- Epilogue: "Ever towards the setting sun they push us".



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Owen, Mary Alicia, 1850-1935.


Folklorists--Missouri--Biography.
Women folklorists--Missouri--Biography.
Women--Missouri--Saint Joseph--Biography.
Women authors, American--Missouri--Biography.
Women intellectuals--Missouri--Saint Joseph--Biography.


Electronic Books.

GR55 / .L544 2012