| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 364 pages) |
| Series |
Texas folklore society extra book ; number 27 |
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Texas Folklore Society extra book ; no. 27.
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| Contents |
Intro; Contents; Preface by Kenneth L. Untiedt; Introduction by Burle Pettit; Chapter 1: "Moran and Other Special Places"; Chapter 2: "Boyhood Fun"; Chapter 3: "Influential People ... and Characters"; Chapter 4: "Food"; Chapter 5: "The Old Days"; Chapter 6: "Game Changers"; Chapter 7: "Native to Texas"; Chapter 8: "Texas Tech and Sports"; Chapter 9: "Schnopper"; Chapter 10: "The Newspaper Industry"; Index |
| Summary |
This collection of columns from the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal is Texas Folklore Society Extra Book #27. The editorial columns included herein tell stories, and tell about telling stories. They also reflect boyhood dreams ... and foolishness, fears, beliefs, customs, traditions, and sometimes things that are no longer part of our culture but we wish were. All reflect what was--and for many, still is--important. If ""the traditional knowledge of a culture"" is how we define what folklore is, this volume provides an intimate look at the folklore of Lubbock, Texas, and the greater area of the So |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 27, 2020) |
| Subject |
Pettit, Burle, 1934-
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Pettit, Burle, 1934- -- Childhood and youth -- Anecdotes
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Sportswriters -- Texas -- Biography
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Newspaper editors -- Texas -- Biography
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Newspapers -- Sections, columns, etc.
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Childhood and youth of a person
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Manners and customs
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Newspaper editors
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Newspapers -- Sections, columns, etc.
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Sportswriters
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Moran (Tex.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Anecdotes
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Texas -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Anecdotes
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| Subject |
Texas
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| Genre/Form |
autobiographies (literary works)
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Anecdotes
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Autobiographies
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Biographies
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1574417800 |
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9781574417807 |
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