The Sunny Slopes of Long Ago edited by Wilson M. Hudson [and] Allen Maxwell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maxwell, Allen, 1915-2012.

Hudson, Wilson Mathis, 1907-2002.

Series:

Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; no. 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manners and customs.

Folklore.

Cowboys.

Social sciences--Folklore & Mythology.

Social sciences.

Cowboys--West (U.S.).

Folklore--West (U.S.).

West United States.

West (U.S.)--Social life and customs.

West (U.S.).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (viii, 204 pages) :) portraits.

Place of Publication:

Denton, TX : University of North Texas Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

John A. Lomax / J. Frank Dobie 3

Cowboy Lingo / John A. Lomax 12

The Cowboy: His Cause and Cure / Eugene Manlove Rhodes 26

The American Cowboy / Andy Adams 33

The Cowboy's Code / Paul Patterson 39

The Cowboy Enters the Movies / Mody C. Boatright 51

Billy the Kid, Hired Gun or Hero / John O. West 70

Laureates of the Western Range / Everett A. Gillis 81

J. Frank Dobie on Folklore / William D. Wittliff 89

The Hat-in-Mud Tale / Jan H. Brunvand 100

The Baby-Switching Story / James T. Bratcher 110

Saved from a Bullet: Miraculous Escapes from Death / John Q. Anderson 118

Tobacco and Longevity / J.T. McCullen, Jr. 128

The Sanctified Sisters / A.L. Bennett 136

Running the Fox / Francis E. Abernethy 146

The Charcoal Burner / E.J. Rissmann 151

Creeping Ignorance on Poke Sallet / James W. Byrd 157

The Penny Dreadful as a Folksong / James Ward Lee 164

The Ballad of Bob Williams / Jack Solomon 171

Buckwheat Cakes, 1898 Variety / Roger P. McCutcheon 176

Jung on Myth and the Mythic / Wilson M. Hudson 181.

Notes:

Original print copyright held by the Texas Folklore Society.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-585-26684-0

OCLC:

45730609

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access