Item Detail
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5325
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Meears, George A
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The geese of Ganderica. Their history, their sense and nonsense. By a Utah goose
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[Salt Lake City]
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Salt Lake Herald Print.
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c1882
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c1882
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35, [1]p
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17cm
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Cover title
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In orange printed wrappers
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A historical satire using geese as people in the United States. Tells of Revolutionary War, Civil War, and the last four pages deals with the government's effort to abolish polygamy. Geese flee from diseased geese and come to Ganderica, but will not be left alone. Written at the height of the polygamy crusade by a pro-Mormon
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DLC, MH, NjP, NN, UPB, USlC, UU, WHi
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U.S. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey; New York Public Library, New York, New York; Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah; Church Historical Department, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah; University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin