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Folk travelers ballads, tales and talk / edited by Mody C. Boatright, Wilson M. Hudson [and] Allen Maxwell.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; no. 25
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folklore.
- Social sciences--Folklore & Mythology.
- Social sciences.
- Folklore--Texas.
- Texas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 online resource (261 pages) :) illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Denton, TX : University of North Texas Press, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- The traveling anecdote / J. Frank Dobib 1
- Folklore in natural history / Roy Bedichek 18
- The names of western wild animals / George D. Hendricks 40
- Bonny Barbara Allen / Joseph W. Hendren 47
- Aunt Cordie's ax and other motifs in oil / Mody C. Boatright 75
- The western ballad and the Russian ballada / Robert C. Stephenson 86
- Signature in ballad and story / Robert C. Stephenson 97
- The love tragedy in Texas-Mexican balladry / Americo Paredes 110
- Come buy, come buy / Elizabeth Hurley 115
- Folkways on Bear Creek / E.J. Rissmann 139
- Emerson and the language of the folk / John Q. Anderson 152
- Tales of Neiman-Marcus / James Howard 160
- Origins of Uvalde County cattle brands / Orlan L. Sawey 171
- I want my golden arm / Wilson M. Hudson 183
- Black and white magic on the Texas-Mexican border / Gabriel Cordova 195
- Weather talk from the Cap Rock / Everett A. Gillis 200
- The devil in the big bend / Elton R. Miles 205
- Wham, jam, Jenny-mo-wham / Peggy Hendricks 217
- Richard's tales / Richard Smith 220.
- Notes:
- Original print copyright held by Texas Folklore Society.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-585-25365-X
- OCLC:
- 44956589
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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