T for Texas: a State Full of Folklore

T for Texas: a State Full of Folklore

Description

Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including information about crafts, stories about vampires, stories about peyote ceremonies, prison folklore, folk songs, and other miscellaneous folk tales.

Physical Description

xiii, 277 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Creation Information

Abernethy, Francis Edward 1982.

Context

This book is part of the collection entitled: Texas Folklore Society Publications and was provided by the UNT Press to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 2003 times, with 9 in the last month. More information about this book can be viewed below.

Editor

Abernethy, Francis Edward Author, When You Call Me That, Smile! or Folklore, Ethology & Communication

Author

Texas Folklore Society

Contributing Authors

Echols, Wayne A Letter from the Long Circle
Lee, James Ward "The Glamor of the Gay Night Life" The Classic Honky Tonk
Latorre, Dolores L. How to Have, to Hold, or Free Oneself of a Lover
Day, James M. Pecos Bill: His Genesis and Creators
Thompson, Leslie M. The Vampire in an Age of Technology
Clayton, Lawrence Pull Rings, Kidney Machines, and the Oral Tradition
Sewell, Ernestine P. Folklorish Remnants of Peyote Ceremonialism
Linck, Charles E. Folklorish Remnants of Peyote Ceremonialism
Lich, Glen E. Animal Metaphors & Verbal Abuse Social Relations & Values Among German Speaking Farmers on Cypress Creek, Kerr County
Turner, Martha Anne Within the Walls Texas Prison Folklore
Harris, Jim Oil Field Jokes from the Llano Estacado
Lawson, Roy W. Happy Jack and the Booger Man
Patrick, Nancy Folk Stories from the Elmdale Community
Litton, Gail Y. Piecing Patches and Quilting Up a Storm
Arbuckle, Herbert C., III Chronological & Biblographical Listings of Texas Folklore
Nye, Hermes Goin' Home with the Dasypus Novemcintus the Mystique of the Armadillo
Cox, Sid The Home Place
Emmons, Martha A Place Against the Sky
Anderson, John Q. My Favorite Texan and Folklore
Lowman, Al Love Among the Elephant Ears & Other True Stories
Loughmiller, Lynn Bill Warren of the Big Thicket
Welch, June R. A Tale of Not So Long Ago
Patterson, Paul Night Horse Nightmare
Rodenberger, Lou Texas Country Schoolteachers: Living Proof of a Legend
Stokes, William N., Jr. Legal Lore from the Courthouse
Cowser, R. L., Jr. Persimmon Beer

Publisher

E-Heart Press
Place of Publication: Dallas, Texas

Provided By

UNT Press

The University of North Texas Press was founded in 1987 and published its first book in 1989. Though it is the newest university press in North Texas, it has quickly become a leading press with the most titles in print (more than 300) and published (15 to 18 each year). The UNT Press is a fully accredited member of the Association of American University Presses. Its books are distributed and marketed nationally and internationally through the Texas A&M University Press Consortium.

Titles

Main Title: T for Texas: a State Full of Folklore
Series Title: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society
Added Title: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society, Number 44

Description

Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including information about crafts, stories about vampires, stories about peyote ceremonies, prison folklore, folk songs, and other miscellaneous folk tales.

Physical Description

xiii, 277 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Notes

"Number XLIV."

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Identifier

Unique identifying numbers for this book in the Portal or other systems.

OCLC: 8965354
UNT Catalog No.: b1275561 | View in Discover
Series Number: 44
ISBN: 0935014039
Library of Congress Control Number: 8270089
Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc67659

Relationships

T for Texas: a State Full of Folklore [e-book], ark:/67531/metadc970081

Collections

This book is part of the following collection of related materials.

Texas Folklore Society Publications

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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