{"product_id":"catfish-at-the-pump-humor-and-the-frontier-paperback","title":"Catfish at the Pump: Humor and the Frontier - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoger Welsch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLinda K. Welsch\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWere our forefathers liars? \"You bet they were, \" says Roger Welsch, \"and damned fine ones at that.\" From yellowed newspapers, magazines, and forgotten Nebraska Federal Writers' Project files, well-known folklorist and humorist Welsch has produced a book to be treasured. Here are jokes, anecdotes, legends, tall tales, and lugubriously funny poems about the things that preoccupied the pioneer plainsman: weather extremes; soil quality; food and whiskey; an arkload of animals, including grasshoppers, bed bugs, hoop snakes, the ubiquitous mule, and some mighty big fish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWere our forefathers liars? 'You bet they were, ' says Roger Welsch, 'and damned fine ones at that.' From yellowed newspapers, magazines, and forgotten Nebraska Federal Writers' Project files, well-known folklorist and humorist Welsch has produced a book to be treasured. Here are jokes, anecdotes, legends, tall tales, and lugubriously funny poems about the things that preoccupied the pioneer plainsman: weather extremes; soil quality; food and whiskey; an arkload of animals, including grasshoppers, bed bugs, hoop snakes, the ubiquitous mule, and some mighty big fish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 8.64 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 19, 1986\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131231637639,"sku":"9780803297128","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/869237830bca56a4fe96024aac03cf93.webp?v=1732617397","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/catfish-at-the-pump-humor-and-the-frontier-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}