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1 online resource (xi, 298 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
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Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; 63
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Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; no. 63.
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Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; 63.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
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Open Access Unrestricted online access |
| Local Note |
Project Muse Project Muse Open Access |
| Subject |
Occupations -- Texas -- Folklore.
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Occupations. |
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Texas. |
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Folklore. |
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Folklore -- Texas.
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Texas -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
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Texas -- Folklore.
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Electronic books. .
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| Added Author |
Untiedt, Kenneth L., 1966-
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Texas Folklore Society.
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Project Muse, distributor.
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| ISBN |
9781574413953 |
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157441223X cloth alkaline paper |
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9781574412239 cloth alkaline paper |
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