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- catalog abstract "Zeese Papanikolas forges seemingly disparate events and movements in western history - including some of its strangest and most exotic strains - into a coherent whole by examining them against the laughter and wisdom of Shoshonean trickster tales. Seen against these tales, the West becomes both a canvas for the projection of dreams of utopia and the site of their shattered remains. Papanikolas undertakes a dramatic retelling of Shoshoni creation stories and examines, along with other topics, the mythologies embedded in the "Dream Mine" of Mormon folklore, the heroic images of cowboys and Wobblies, the MX missile, the dark side of Oz, the Las Vegas of tourists, dam builders, and gamblers. Among those whose visions are played out against the mirage-haunted background of the West are Cabeza de Vaca, Winston Churchill, Big Bill Haywood, and Native American wise man Antelope Jake. It is a testament to the power of Papanikolas's conception that he can weave the themes and topics of each chapter into a book that is both eloquent and intellectually stimulating.".
- catalog contributor b8232421.
- catalog coverage "West (U.S.) History.".
- catalog coverage "West (U.S.) Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "Among those whose visions are played out against the mirage-haunted background of the West are Cabeza de Vaca, Winston Churchill, Big Bill Haywood, and Native American wise man Antelope Jake. It is a testament to the power of Papanikolas's conception that he can weave the themes and topics of each chapter into a book that is both eloquent and intellectually stimulating.".
- catalog description "Dust people -- Tongues of fire, tongues of gold -- Dream mining -- Cowboys, wobblies, and the myth of the west -- The road to Oz -- MX -- News from nowhere --Tailpiece: Coyote's return.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-180) and index.".
- catalog description "Zeese Papanikolas forges seemingly disparate events and movements in western history - including some of its strangest and most exotic strains - into a coherent whole by examining them against the laughter and wisdom of Shoshonean trickster tales. Seen against these tales, the West becomes both a canvas for the projection of dreams of utopia and the site of their shattered remains. Papanikolas undertakes a dramatic retelling of Shoshoni creation stories and examines, along with other topics, the mythologies embedded in the "Dream Mine" of Mormon folklore, the heroic images of cowboys and Wobblies, the MX missile, the dark side of Oz, the Las Vegas of tourists, dam builders, and gamblers.".
- catalog extent "x, 184 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Trickster in the land of dreams.".
- catalog identifier "0803237030 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Trickster in the land of dreams.".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press,".
- catalog relation "Trickster in the land of dreams.".
- catalog spatial "West (U.S.) History.".
- catalog spatial "West (U.S.) Social life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "West (U.S.)".
- catalog subject "398/.0978 20".
- catalog subject "E99.S4 P36 1995".
- catalog subject "Shoshoni mythology.".
- catalog subject "Technological innovations West (U.S.)".
- catalog subject "Tricksters West (U.S.)".
- catalog subject "Utopias West (U.S.)".
- catalog tableOfContents "Dust people -- Tongues of fire, tongues of gold -- Dream mining -- Cowboys, wobblies, and the myth of the west -- The road to Oz -- MX -- News from nowhere --Tailpiece: Coyote's return.".
- catalog title "Trickster in the land of dreams / Zeese Papanikolas.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".