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Mountaineers Are Always Free: Heritage, Dissent, and a West Virginia Icon

Mountaineers Are Always Free: Heritage, Dissent, and a West Virginia Icon - Paperback

by Rosemary V. Hathaway
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Availability:In StockContributor:Rosemary V. HathawayPublish date:2020-01-27Pages:276
Language:EnglishPublisher:West Virginia University PressISBN-13:9781949199314ISBN-10:1949199312UPC:9781949199314Book Category:History, Social Science, EducationBook Subcategory:United States, Folklore & Mythology, HistoryBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCH7FEMCXQ
"The West Virginia University Mountaineer isn't just a mascot: it's a symbol of West Virginia history and identity that's embraced throughout the state. Folklorist Rosemary Hathaway explores the figure's early history as a backwoods trickster, its deployment in emerging mass media, and finally its long and sometimes conflicted career-beginning officially in 1937-as the symbol of West Virginia University"--
Language:EnglishPublisher:West Virginia University PressISBN-13:9781949199314ISBN-10:1949199312UPC:9781949199314Book Category:History, Social Science, EducationBook Subcategory:United States, Folklore & Mythology, HistoryBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCH7FEMCXQ
Rosemary V. Hathaway is an associate professor of English at West Virginia University, where she teaches folklore, American literature, and young adult literature.
Publisher: West Virginia University Press

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