Backwoods to Border
Description
Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.
Physical Description
235 p. : ill. ; digital (epub and mobi files)
Creation Information
Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964 2017.
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- Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964 General Editor and Author, A Buffalo Hunter and His Song
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- Vineyard, Catherine Marshall The Arkansas Traveler
- Arrowood, Charles F. "Well Done, Liar"
- Goodwyn, Frank At a Branding Roundup
- Parrett, Vanita Cowboy Dance Calls
- Hunter, J. Marain The Legend of the Valley of Paint
- Michael, Dorothy Jean Grave Decoration
- Dodson, Ruth The Ghost Nun
- Fenner, Annette The Headless Ghost of Panna Maria
- Moore, Dorothy The Strange Hall Tree
- Williams, Mary Elizabeth The Restless Bridegroom
- Shaw, Barbara The Red Hankerchief
- Jordan, Jane The Crazy Clock
- Henderson, Sue Sam's Lantern
- Swanson, Gloria Bailey's Light
- Newton, Helen The Farmer's Lantern
- Steusoff, Jane Hangman's Tree
- Clark, Anne The Ghost of White Rock
- Armstrong, A. B. How Crockett Defeated Huntsman; An Oath with Reservations
- Reavis, Jessie Who Jilted Davy Crocket
- Bertillion, L. D. The Last Herd of Longhorns
- Romberg, Annie Fighting a Nest of Bumblebees
- Hatfield, Sadie Folklore of Texas Plants
- Lomax, Ruby Terrill Negro Nicknames
- Vann, William H. Two Negro Folk Tales
- Rickard, J. A. Riddles of Texas Mexican Children
- Guerra, Fermina Mexican Animal Tales
- Sone, Violet West Rope-Jumping Rhymes
- Sawey, Orlan L. Pipe-Line Diction
- Price, Lloyd E. Anecdotes About Lawyers
Editors
- Boatright, Mody C. Author, Backwoods Belles
- Day, Donald Author, Moses Evans: The Wild Man of the Woods
Printer
- Southern Methodist University Press Publisher of print version, Dallas
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University of North Texas. Libraries.
Place of Publication: Denton, Texas
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- Main Title: Backwoods to Border
- Added Title: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society, Number 18
- Series Title: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society
Description
Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.
Physical Description
235 p. : ill. ; digital (epub and mobi files)
Notes
"Number XVIII."
This e-book has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. http://www.neh.gov/
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Keywords
- Mexican animal tales
- animal tales
- folktales
- ghost stories
- hunters
- lawyer anecdotes
- legends
- rhymes
- riddles
- traveling stories
Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folk songs -- United States.
- Folklore -- Texas.
- Folklore -- United States.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
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- UNT Catalog No.: b5808078 | View in Discover
- Accession or Local Control No: Publication Number 18
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc967411
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- Backwoods to Border, ark:/67531/metadc38306
Collections
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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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Out-of-print books related to Texas and Oklahoma history, made available as ebooks thanks to a Humanities Open Book Program grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Celebrating 50 Years of Excellence.
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Backwoods to Border (Book)
Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.
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- 2017
Covered Time Period
- Spanish Texas, 1690-1821
- Mexican Texas, 1821-1835
- The Texas Revolution, 1835-1836
- The Republic of Texas, 1836-1846
- Annexation, 1844-1846
- Slavery and Antebellum Texas Culture, 1821-1865
- The Texas Frontier, 1846-1861
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1876
- The Cattle Boom, 1865-1890
- New South, Populism, Progressivism, and the Great Depression, 1877-1939
- Into Modern Times, 1939-Present
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- April 20, 2017, 1:52 p.m.
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- Feb. 11, 2020, 9:52 a.m.
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- United States - Texas
- United States - Texas - Nueces County
- United States - Texas - Harris County
- United States - Texas - Webb County - Laredo
- United States - Texas - Bexar County - San Antonio
- United States - Texas - Brazoria County
- United States - Texas - Bell County
- United States - Texas - Galveston County - Galveston
- United States - Texas - Cooke County
- United States - Texas - Wheeler County
- United States - Texas - Fayette County - La Grange
- United States - Texas - El Paso County - El Paso
- United States - Louisiana
- United States - Ohio
- United States - Arkansas
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Denton, Texas (University of North Texas. Libraries.)
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Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964. Backwoods to Border, book, 2017; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc967411/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.