Dwyer, Richard A.

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DWYER, Richard A.

DWYER, Richard A. American, b. 1934. Genres: History, Biography. Career: Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, instructor to assistant professor, 1964-66; University of Florida, Gainesville, assistant professor to associate professor, 1966-71; Florida International University, Miami, professor of English, 1971-90; writer. Publications: WITH RICHARD E. LINGENFELTER: The "Nonpareil" Press of T.S. Harris, 1957; The Songs of the Gold Rush, 1964; Songs of the American West, 1968; Lying on the Eastern Slope: James Townsend's Comic Journalism on the Mining Frontier, 1984; Death Valley Lore, 1988; Dan De Quille, the Washoe Giant, 1990; Sagebrush Trilogy: Idah Meacham Strobridge and Her Works, 1990. Address: University of Nevada Press, Mail Stop 166, Reno, NV 89557, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]