Legends and life in Texas : folklore from the Lone Star State, in stories and song / edited by Kenneth L. Untiedt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Untiedt, Kenneth L., 1966- editor.

Series:

Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; no. 72.

Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; lxxii

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folklore--Texas.

Folklore.

Folk music.

Folk songs, English.

Texas.

Texas--Biography.

Texas--Social life and customs.

Manners and customs.

Folk songs, English--Texas--History and criticism.

Folk music--Texas--History and criticism.

Folk songs--Texas.

Local Subjects:

Folk songs, English--Texas--History and criticism.

Texas--Biography.

Texas--Social life and customs.

Genre:

Biographies.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

ix, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2017]

Summary:

There is sometimes a fine line between history and folklore. This Publication of the Texas Folklore Society tells stories about real-life characters from Texas's history, as well as personal reflections about life from diverse perspectives throughout the last century. The first section covers legendary characters like Davy Crockett and Sam Houston, and people who were bigger or bolder than others, yet seem to have been forgotten. The second section includes works that examine songs of our youth, as well as the customs associated with music, whether it's on a football field or in a prison yard. The works in the final section recall memories of a simpler time, when cars and home appliances lacked modern conveniences, and when it was a treat just to go and "visit" with family and friends. All of these works capture something of our past, if only to carry it on and keep it alive for generations to come.

Contents:

"Legendary" Texans

Jacob Brodbeck: the first man to fly /Jerry Young

Hugh 'Hackberry Slim' Johnson, II / Jo Virgil

The grave of the lonesome cowboy: Mitchell Crossing Ranch, McCulloch County, Texas / Barbara Finlay

Georgianna Knowles: borderland bullfighter / Charlie T. McCormick

Sam Houston was not born in Texas, and other disturbing facts / Vicky J. Rose

Did David Crockett really stop in Bastrop? some facts and folklore / Mariann Laughlin

Myth, folklore, and misconception in the 1860 capture of Cynthia Ann Parker / Paul H. Carlson

The legend of Old Casuse and his paint horse gallows / Michael Collins

The hermit: a study of the legend central to Cascade Caverns in Boerne, Texas / Erin Marissa Russell and Matt Gibson

A British adventure in the year of the Texas centennial / Adam Cree

The family saga of Mody Boatright / James Mody Bridges

The legacy of John O. West: Mexican-American folklore from the 20th to the 21st century / Meredith E. Abarca and Lucy Fischer-West

Texas folk song and dance

Here a ditty, there a ditty, everywhere a little ditty / Karen Reinartz Haile

Come on-a my house: a look at the house and ranch dances of Texas / Carol Bolland

Yodels, cattle calls, and other melodious sounds / Jean Granberry Schnitz

Boosting the Eden Bulldogs Margaret A. Cox

Refrain from prison: how the Texas prison music program connected the incarcerated and 'the free' / Ruth Massingill, Mel Strait, and Emily Jones

Life in Texas as we remember it

Our pre-teen silver screen dreams and pied-piper Melton Barker, an itinerant filmmaker / Robert J. (Jack) Duncan

Visiting in the 1930s / W. Floyd Elliott

Whiskey stills in the hills / Lee Haile

Cooking with gas: the quiet revolution / Charles Williams

Homestead heritage farms: a step back in time in central Texas / Charles B. Martin

Old cars driving around Austin: boyhood adventures behind the wheel / John Meadows

Before I was five / Elizabeth Harris Duncan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781574416978

1574416979

OCLC:

987064555