The Resource The confidence-man : his masquerade, Herman Melville ; edited, with an introduction and notes by Stephen Matterson
The confidence-man : his masquerade, Herman Melville ; edited, with an introduction and notes by Stephen Matterson
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The item The confidence-man : his masquerade, Herman Melville ; edited, with an introduction and notes by Stephen Matterson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- Like a microcosm of America, the Fidele, a Mississippi steamboat bound for New Orleans, floats downstream without reaching its goal, its passengers all the victims or abusers of trust or confidence
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xliv, 351 pages
- Isbn
- 9780140445473
- Label
- The confidence-man : his masquerade
- Title
- The confidence-man
- Title remainder
- his masquerade
- Statement of responsibility
- Herman Melville ; edited, with an introduction and notes by Stephen Matterson
- Subject
-
- English fiction
- Fiction
- trueImpostors -- Mississippi River
- trueMississippi River
- Mississippi River
- Mississippi River -- Fiction
- trueRiver boats -- Mississippi River
- trueRiver travel -- Mississippi River
- Satire
- Satirical literature
- Steamboats
- Steamboats -- Fiction
- Swindlers and swindling
- trueSwindlers and swindling -- Mississippi River
- Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction
- trueUnited States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Like a microcosm of America, the Fidele, a Mississippi steamboat bound for New Orleans, floats downstream without reaching its goal, its passengers all the victims or abusers of trust or confidence
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 044890
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1819-1891
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Melville, Herman
- Dewey number
- 813/.3
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Matterson, Stephen
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Penguin classics
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Swindlers and swindling
- Steamboats
- Steamboats
- Swindlers and swindling
- Mississippi River
- Mississippi River
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- his masquerade
- Label
- The confidence-man : his masquerade, Herman Melville ; edited, with an introduction and notes by Stephen Matterson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxviii-xliv)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1579852
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- xliv, 351 pages
- Isbn
- 9780140445473
- Lccn
- 91205777
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780140445473
- (OCoLC)25165112
- Label
- The confidence-man : his masquerade, Herman Melville ; edited, with an introduction and notes by Stephen Matterson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxviii-xliv)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1579852
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- xliv, 351 pages
- Isbn
- 9780140445473
- Lccn
- 91205777
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780140445473
- (OCoLC)25165112
Subject
- English fiction
- Fiction
- trueImpostors -- Mississippi River
- trueMississippi River
- Mississippi River
- Mississippi River -- Fiction
- trueRiver boats -- Mississippi River
- trueRiver travel -- Mississippi River
- Satire
- Satirical literature
- Steamboats
- Steamboats -- Fiction
- Swindlers and swindling
- trueSwindlers and swindling -- Mississippi River
- Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction
- trueUnited States
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