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Puro Mexicano Lore and Legends from South of the Border / edited by J. Frank Dobie.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964.
Language:
English
Spanish
Subjects (All):
Tales.
Folklore.
Folklore--Mexico.
Tales--Mexico.
Mexico.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 261 pages )
Place of Publication:
University of North Texas Press 1969
Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 2000, 1969.
Language Note:
Spanish
Summary:
A collection of Mexican folk tales.
Contents:
Prefatory wisdom / J. Frank Dobie
A pack load of Mexican tales / Riley Aiken
The wonderful Chirrionera / Dan Storm
Br'er Coyote / Sarah S. McKellar
The bullet-swallower / Jovita Gonzl̀ez
Tales from San Elizario / Josefina Escajeda
The metamorphosis of a folk tale / Elizabeth W. DeHuff
How the Tehuana women became handsome / H.M. Taylor
The flaming flower / Catherine J. Stoker
Juan Garca̕ goes to heaven / Frost Woodhull
The eagle lover / Bertha McKee Dobie
Legends from Durango / Everardo Gm̀iz
Holy Ghost Canyon / Maude McFie Bloom
Old-time new Mexican usages / Alice M. Crook
Sons of the devil / Joe Storm
Catorce / J. Frank Dobie
The little white dog / Hugh McGehee Taylor
Ranchero sayings of the border / Howard D. Wesley
Songs of the Mexican migration / Paul S. Taylor
The enchanted city of Monte Albǹ / E.R. Sims
The Texas Folk-lore Society
Contributors
Index.
Notes:
Includes index.
Originally published by Texas Folklore Society, Austin as no. 12 of its Publications.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
0-585-25115-0
OCLC:
57192648

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