| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 298 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; LXIII |
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Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; no. 63.
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| Contents |
Is it folklore or history? : the answer may be important / Tom Crum -- The roadrunner in fact and folk-lore / J. Frank Dobie -- Cavalry traditions on the Texas frontier / James T. Matthews -- Gathering at Bill's : maintaining the folklore of Live Oak County / Mary Margaret Dougherty Campbell -- The cooking extravaganza : sequel to "Gathering at Bill's" / Mary Margaret Dougherty Campbell -- Growing up female in Texas : the importance of beauty pageants in Texas communities / Kelly M. Mosel-Talavera -- Madame Blackley : seer of south Texas / Henry Wolff, Jr -- La Llorona's ancestry : crossing cultural boundaries / Gloria Duarte -- Burning brightly : the Easter fires of maternal necessity / Donna Melitio -- Five stands off bottom / Lew Schnitz -- Dispatches from the electronic front lines / Charles Williams -- A rural mail carrier / Milt McAfee (as told by Ben Mead) -- The trials and tribulations of a dirt road country doctor / Mildred Boren Sentell -- Joe Fitzgerald, nurseryman and philosopher / Mary Joe (Fitzgerald) Clendenin -- Water woes and water ways : tales of Texas engineer John B. Hawley / Deborah Lightfoot Sizemore -- The long arm of the law / Martha Emmons -- The police language : the lore of law enforcement communication in west Texas / Kenneth L. Untiedt -- Cactus Jack Garner as folk hero : vice-president of the United States 1933-1940 / Lora B. Garrison -- And lo to Vernon came : the con man, the bootlegger man, and the music man / William N. Stokes, Jr -- Horsetrading and ethics / J. Rhett Rushing -- The lore of retirement and extended care facilities / Kenneth W. Davis -- Folksy, but devout, bookkeeping / George Wilmeth Ewing -- Mi fronteridad in the classroom : the power of writing and sharing stories / Meredith E. Abarca |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (Portal to Texas History, viewed April 14, 2017) |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Folklore -- Texas
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Occupations -- Texas -- Folklore
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
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Folklore.
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Manners and customs.
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Occupations.
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Volkskultur
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Alltagskultur
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Volkskunde.
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| SUBJECT |
Texas -- Folklore
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Texas -- Social life and customs
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| Subject |
Texas.
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Texas
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Texas.
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USA.
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| Genre/Form |
Folklore.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Untiedt, Kenneth L., 1966- editor.
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Texas Folklore Society, issuing body.
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| ISBN |
9781435623125 |
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1435623126 |
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1433711192 |
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9781433711190 |
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9781574413953 |
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1574413953 |
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128113306X |
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9781281133069 |
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9786611133061 |
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6611133062 |
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