Gib Morgan, Minstrel of the Oil Fields

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This volume includes stories about the life of a West Texas oil driller named Gib Morgan and other folk stories about the oil industry.

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xi, 104 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

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Boatright, Mody Coggin 1965.

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This volume includes stories about the life of a West Texas oil driller named Gib Morgan and other folk stories about the oil industry.

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xi, 104 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

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"Number XX."

"First Printed at El Paso by Carl Hertzog. Second Printing, 1965, Dallas."

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This collection of Texas Folklore Society publications contains a miscellany of Texas and Mexican folklore, including stories about folk medicine and ranch remedies, folk songs, legends and other folklore.

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Boatright, Mody Coggin. Gib Morgan, Minstrel of the Oil Fields, book, 1965; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38853/: accessed March 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.

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