A rare collection of 195 barroom story-poems including over 150 that have not been published in over 100 years. Most were recited by minstrels who traveled the old West and performed them on kerosine lit tavern stages. These poems were gathered from all over the world. No profanity.

Established in 1911, The Rotarian is the official magazine of Rotary International and is circulated worldwide. Each issue contains feature articles, columns, and departments about, or of interest to, Rotarians. Seventeen Nobel Prize winners and 19 Pulitzer Prize winners – from Mahatma Ghandi to Kurt Vonnegut Jr. – have written for the magazine.

Wonderfully funny and endearing stories about guests and their ownersat the American Pet Motel in Prairie View, Illinois.

A hilarious and enlightning story of a young man's odyssey from rags to riches.

This narrative imbues its young readers with a respect for all living things, even those that look differently. "Christmas Tails" includes forty-two full-color renderings of Santa Claus and his dog one inspiring Christmas Eve.

Widely acknowledged as a contemporary classic that has introduced thousands of readers to American literature, From Puritanism to Postmodernism: A History of American Literature brilliantly charts the fascinating story of American literature from the Puritan legacy to the advent of postmodernism. From realism and romanticism to modernism and postmodernism it examines and reflects on the work of a rich panoply of writers, including Poe, Melville, Fitzgerald, Pound, Wallace Stevens, Gwendolyn Brooks and Thomas Pynchon. Characterised throughout by a vibrant and engaging style it is a superb introduction to American literature, placing it thoughtfully in its rich social, ideological and historical context. A tour de force of both literary and historical writing, this Routledge Classics edition includes a new preface by co-author Richard Ruland, a new foreword by Linda Wagner-Martin and a fascinating interview with Richard Ruland, in which he reflects on the nature of American fiction and his collaboration with Malclolm Bradbury. It is published here for the first time.