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Folklore in motion : Texas travel lore / edited by Kenneth L. Untiedt.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; no. 64.
- Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; 64
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Travelers' writings, American.
- Travel.
- Manners and customs.
- Texas--Description and travel--Anecdotes.
- Texas.
- Texas--Social life and customs--Anecdotes.
- Texas--Folklore.
- Travel--Folklore.
- Travelers' writings, American--Texas.
- Folklore--Texas.
- Folklore.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 307 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Denton : University of North Texas Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- The adventurous spirit of Texans has led to much travel lore, from stories of how ancestors first came to the state to reflections of how technology has affected the customs, language, and stories of life "on the go." This Publication of the Texas Folklore Society features articles from beloved storytellers like John O. West, Kenneth W. Davis, and F. E. Abernethy as well as new voices like Janet Simonds. Chapters contain traditional "Gone to Texas" accounts and articles about people or methods of travel from days gone by. Others are dedicated to trains and cars and the lore associated with two-wheeled machines, machines that fly, and machines that scream across the land at dangerous speeds. The volume concludes with articles that consider how we fuel our machines and ourselves, and the rituals we engage in when we're on our way from here to there.
- Contents:
- I Folk Travel in Texas
- Texans on the Road: The Folklore of Travel / Jim Harris 3
- Traveling Texan / Archie P. McDonald 13
- Red River Bridge War / Jerry B. Lincecum 25
- Wagon Train Experience / Carol Hanson 35
- Farm and Ranch Entrances in West Texas / Mary Harris 51
- II Back in the Day
- Legends of the Trail / Francis E. Abernethy 61
- The Passage of Scotland's Four/ El Pasaje de los Cuatro de Escocia / Consuelo L. Samarripa 77
- Gone to (South) Texas / Janet McCannon Simonds 83
- Fannie Marchman's Journey from Atlanta, Georgia to Jefferson, Texas / Ellen Pearson 99
- Walter Henry Burton's Ride-Bell County to Juarez, Mexico in 1888 / James Burton Kelly 113
- The Galloping Gourmet; or, The Chuck Wagon Cook and His Craft / John O. West 123
- The Language of the Trail Drivers: An Examination of the Origin and Diffusion of an Industry-Oriented Vocabulary / W. C. Jameson 139
- III The Modern Era: Tales of Rails and Highways
- Rail Remembrances: The Train in Folk Memory and Imagination / L. Patrick Hughes 149
- Safe in the Arms of Trainmen / Jan Epton Seale 159
- Tales of the Rails / Charlie Oden 165
- The Ford Epigram / Newton Gaines 175
- Watch the Fords Go By: The Automobile Comes to Old Bell County / Kenneth W. Davis 183
- Driving Across Texas at Thirty-Five Miles Per Hour / Jean Granberry Schnitz 193
- IV Still Movin' On, Any Way They Can
- High Flyin' Times / Barbara Pybas 205
- Back in the Saddle Again: Riding the Chrome-moly Horse / Lucille Enix 219
- Iron Butt Saddlesore / Paul N. Yeager 227
- The Unspoken Code of Chivalry Among Drag Racers / Gretchen Lutz 245
- Eating Up Route 66: Foodways of Motorists Crossing the Texas Panhandle / T. Lindsay Baker 253
- There's Life Beyond the Sonic: Growing Up Cruising / Charlie McCormick 267.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781574412383
- 1574412388
- OCLC:
- 156891930
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