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.
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