Cavorting on the Devil’s Fork
The Pete Whetstone Letters of C. F. M. Noland

Edited by Leonard Williams
With an Introduction by George E. Lankford

A young Charles Fenton Mercer Noland (1810–1858) of central Arkansas began writing rural folk humor in 1837, stories of horse races and bear fights, politics and balls. The “Devil’s Fork” letters were what the country wanted. (more …)

Looking for Hogeye

Roy Reed

". . . authentic, and Mr. Reed delightfully establishes a rural rhythm that is a full 132-page drawl."

—New York Times Book Review

1986, 142 pages
$24.95 (s) cloth
978-0-938626-62-6 | 0-938626-62-0

The Life and Adventures of an Arkansaw Doctor
David Rattlehead

Edited by W. K. McNeil

First published in 1851, this is the fictionalized account of Dr. Marcus Byrn's brief practice in eastern Arkansas and the earliest volume solely devoted to Arkansas humor.

1989, 200 pages
$29.95 cloth (s), 1-55728-086-X
$16.00 paper (s), 1-55728-079-7