Jolly Fellows : Male Milieus in Nineteenth-Century America

• Author: Stott, Richard
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 electronic resource (384 p.)

“Jolly fellows,” a term that gained currency in the nineteenth century, referred to those men whose more colorful antics included brawling, heavy drinking, gambling, and playing pranks. Reforms, especially the temperance movement, stigmatized such behavior, but pockets of jolly fellowship continued...